Charles Allen
Sir Charles Allen (c1852-1920), head of Henry Bessemer and Co
son of William Daniel Allen
nephew by marriage to Henry Bessemer
had son Cecil Allen
1920 Obituary [1]
COLONEL SIR CHARLES ALLEN, Member of Council, died at Folkestone on April 13, 1920, at the age of sixty-nine. He was a son of the late Mr. W. D. Allen of Sheffield, and a nephew by marriage of Sir Henry Bessemer.
As a boy he was present at the first experiments by Sir Henry Bessemer in the Bessemer process for the manufacture of steel. He was the Chairman of the Board of the works of Messrs. Henry Bessemer & Co., Ltd. He was for many years associated with the volunteer movement, and was Colonel of the Sheffield Volunteers up to the time of his retirement in 1905.
He was elected a Member of the Iron and Steel Institute in 1905, and became a Member of Council in 1916.