Ralph Allen
Politician
1693 – 1764
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Who was Ralph Allen?
Ralph Allen was an entrepreneur and philanthropist, and was notable for his reforms to the British postal system. He was baptised at St Columb Major in Cornwall on 24 July 1693. As a teenager he worked at the Post Office. He moved in 1710 to Bath, where he became a post office clerk, and at the age of 19, in 1712, became the Postmaster of Bath. In 1742 he was elected Mayor of Bath.
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- Born
- 1693
St Columb Major - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- St Columb Major
- Bath
(1710 - )
- Died
- Jun 29, 1764
Bath - Resting place
- Claverton Church
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on July 23, 2013
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