CHRISTIAN ALLHUSEN. 



Christian Allhusen died on the I3th 

 January of the present year (1890), and his 

 will has been proved during the last few days 

 for upwards of ,1,126,000 personal estate. 

 His father was a gentleman of fortune, a 

 Schleswig-Holsteiner; he resided at Kiel. 



When the armies of Napoleon Buonaparte 

 over- ran Europe they occupied the depart- 

 ment of Elbmundungen, and General Davoust 

 was made its Governor. The hardness and 

 cruelty of this man's character had earned for 

 him the name "Butcher." He occupied the 

 residence of the Allhusens as his headquarters. 

 Dispossessed of their home and wealth the 

 family was scattered, and the sons had to 

 seek their livelihood by engaging in business. 



As a youth Christian Allhusen obtained an 

 appointment in the employ of one of the first 

 firms in the grain trade on the Continent, 

 Messrs. Koch and Sons, of Rostock. When 

 about nineteen years of age, he came across 

 to England, to Newcastle-on-Tyne, whither 

 two of his brothers had preceded him, and 

 had obtained employment with Messrs. 

 Campbell and Reveley, who also were grain 



