Allies was born at
Midsomer Norton in
Somerset and briefly educated at
Bristol Grammar School and then at
Eton College, where he was the first winner of the Newcastle Scholarship in 1829, and at
Wadham College, Oxford, of which he became a fellow in 1833. In the late 1830s, Allies became a
Tractarian supporter, influenced by
William Dodsworth. In 1840
Bishop Blomfield of London appointed him his examining chaplain and presented him to the rectory of
Launton, Oxfordshire, which he resigned in 1850 on becoming a
Roman Catholic. Allies was appointed secretary to the
Catholic Poor School Committee in 1853, a position which he occupied till 1890. Allies was a strong influence on his family and after 1883 his daughter
Mary was left at home. Inspired by her father she devoted her time to writing about the lives of Catholic saints. He died in London in 1903 and he was buried beside his wife who had died the year before. ==Works==