Hamilton Townsend (1843?-1895) was an Anglican priest in Ireland in the second half of the nineteenth century[1]
Allen was born in County Down, educated at Trinity College, Dublin[2] and ordained in 1850. He was Rector of Killoran from 1862; Archdeacon of Achonry from 1862 to 1883; and a Canon of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1875. He was Dean of Achonry from 1883 [3] until his death.[4]