b'Sir George Wigram Allen The eldest of George Allens children, George Wigram Allen,Wigram and Marion had ten children, four girls andwas articled to his father in 1841 and admitted as a solicitorsix boys, and all six sons followed Wigram into the law.in 1846. When Wigram joined the firm it became known asThree would go on to become partners in the family firm. Allen & Son, and Wigram assumed management of the practice when his father retired in 1855. Wigram had political aspirations. In 1859 he became the first mayor of Glebe, an office he held for eighteen years. Wigram built on the foundations laid by his father inIn 1860 he was elected a member of the New South Wales business, community affairs and politics. He inheritedLegislative Council, and in 1875 he became speaker of the his fathers dedication to education and was appointedNew South Wales Legislative Assembly, holding this position commissioner of national education from 1853 to 1867.until 1883. In 1877 Wigram was knighted for his services In 1873 he assumed his fathers seat on the Council ofas speaker, and in 1884 was made a Knight Commander of Education. Wigram was a trustee of Sydney Grammarthe Order of St Michael and St George. In 1880 Sir George School, and in 1878 replaced his father on the University Wigram Allen and Lady Allen helped found the Sydney of Sydney Senate, where he served until his death in 1885. Hospital for Sick Children (now The Childrens Hospitalat Westmead).Like George, Wigram was a director of many companies across a range of industries, including mining, transport andUpon his death, the Sydney Morning Herald encapsulated insurance and, notably, was a director of the Bank of NewWigrams character and reputation in simple and eloquent South Wales and the Australian Gas Light Company. In 1851terms Few men in the colony have been better known than he was appointed a notary public the same year he marriedSir Wigram Allen, and none has been more generally esteemed.Marion Boyce, the eldest daughter of Reverend William Boyce. Few men in the colony have been better known than Sir Wigram Allen, and none has been more generally esteemed. Sydney Morning Herald, 24 June 188540'