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Frederick Hobbes Allen
Frederick Hobbes Allen (May 30, 1858 – December 3, 1937) was an American international lawyer and naval aviator during World War I who was prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age.
Allen was born on May 30, 1858. He was the son of Elisha Hunt Allen and Mary Harrod Hobbes. His father was a former U.S. representative from Maine who was the United States minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1850 to 1853. Elisha Hunt Allen subsequently became an official of the Hawaiian government, serving as minister from Hawaii to the United States from 1856 until his death in 1883, as well as becoming Chief Justice of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
His paternal grandfather was Samuel Clesson Allen, a lawyer who was Senator from Massachusetts, and his maternal grandfather was Frederick Hobbs, a former Maine legislator. He was descended from Edward Allen, who came to Colonial America in 1661, and settled at Northfield, Massachusetts.
His father was sent to Hawaii by President Zachary Taylor to obtain a reciprocity treaty from King Kamahameha III. As his birth was only ten days after Prince Albert of Hawaii, they became close friends and spent a lot of time together. Allen graduated from Harvard Law School, where he earned an M.A. (1880) and an LL.B. (1883).
After graduation, he was admitted to the bar, in 1884, and began practicing law as a clerk at Miller, Peckham & Dixon. In 1883, Allen became secretary of the Hawaiian Legation at Washington, becoming Charge d'Affaires of the group the following year, after the death of his father. From 1890 to 1894, he was with the firm of Cole & Allen. In 1894, he established his law firm of Adams & Allen at 63 Wall Street in New York City, where he was located since. After his partner died, he formed the firm of Allen & Cammann in 1900, practicing with that firm until 1922, at which point, he practiced alone. His legal practice revolved around his role as an adviser on international law to American and foreign banks.
Allen was a Democrat, serving both locally and nationally, including as Chairman of the Democratic County Committee for Westchester County, New York, and Mayor of Pelham Manor, New York. In 1912, 1920 and 1924, he was a member of the Democratic National Finance Committee.
During World War I, Allen served on Gen. John J. Pershing's staff as a Lt. Commander, with the Naval Reserve Flying Corps. In 1913, he was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson's to his Peace Commission that toured Europe "to study agriculture production, distribution and rural credits".
In 1888, Ward McAllister chose Allen to lead the cotillion at a Patriarchs Ball, bringing him firmly into New York Society. In 1892, Allen was included in McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom, as published in The New York Times. In 1924, they gave a party for Prince Valdemar and his son, Prince Viggo of Denmark at their home in Pelham Manor.
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Frederick Hobbes Allen
Frederick Hobbes Allen (May 30, 1858 – December 3, 1937) was an American international lawyer and naval aviator during World War I who was prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age.
Allen was born on May 30, 1858. He was the son of Elisha Hunt Allen and Mary Harrod Hobbes. His father was a former U.S. representative from Maine who was the United States minister to the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1850 to 1853. Elisha Hunt Allen subsequently became an official of the Hawaiian government, serving as minister from Hawaii to the United States from 1856 until his death in 1883, as well as becoming Chief Justice of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
His paternal grandfather was Samuel Clesson Allen, a lawyer who was Senator from Massachusetts, and his maternal grandfather was Frederick Hobbs, a former Maine legislator. He was descended from Edward Allen, who came to Colonial America in 1661, and settled at Northfield, Massachusetts.
His father was sent to Hawaii by President Zachary Taylor to obtain a reciprocity treaty from King Kamahameha III. As his birth was only ten days after Prince Albert of Hawaii, they became close friends and spent a lot of time together. Allen graduated from Harvard Law School, where he earned an M.A. (1880) and an LL.B. (1883).
After graduation, he was admitted to the bar, in 1884, and began practicing law as a clerk at Miller, Peckham & Dixon. In 1883, Allen became secretary of the Hawaiian Legation at Washington, becoming Charge d'Affaires of the group the following year, after the death of his father. From 1890 to 1894, he was with the firm of Cole & Allen. In 1894, he established his law firm of Adams & Allen at 63 Wall Street in New York City, where he was located since. After his partner died, he formed the firm of Allen & Cammann in 1900, practicing with that firm until 1922, at which point, he practiced alone. His legal practice revolved around his role as an adviser on international law to American and foreign banks.
Allen was a Democrat, serving both locally and nationally, including as Chairman of the Democratic County Committee for Westchester County, New York, and Mayor of Pelham Manor, New York. In 1912, 1920 and 1924, he was a member of the Democratic National Finance Committee.
During World War I, Allen served on Gen. John J. Pershing's staff as a Lt. Commander, with the Naval Reserve Flying Corps. In 1913, he was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson's to his Peace Commission that toured Europe "to study agriculture production, distribution and rural credits".
In 1888, Ward McAllister chose Allen to lead the cotillion at a Patriarchs Ball, bringing him firmly into New York Society. In 1892, Allen was included in McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom, as published in The New York Times. In 1924, they gave a party for Prince Valdemar and his son, Prince Viggo of Denmark at their home in Pelham Manor.
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