… 1864–6. Engineer, Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, 1867–70. Supervised construction of docks at Leith, near Edinburgh, and at Boston, Lincolnshire. Joined the Cambrian Archaeological Association in 1875; joint editor of their journal, 1889; editor, 1892–1907. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1883; Rhind Lecturer in archaeology, 1885. Yates Lecturer in archaeology, University College, London, 1898. Worked mainly on early medieval sculpture, metalwork, and manuscript illumination. His grandfather, Lancelot Baugh Allen (1774–1845), was a brother of Elizabeth (Bessy) Wedgwood, Emma …
