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Allan was married twice. His first marriage was to journalist Mary Ingham, on 27 November 1947 at the
Kensington register office. They had two sons and a daughter. They later divorced and, on 5 September 1970, Allan married journalist Angela Willment at Hampstead register office. They had a son and a
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for menswear retailers. Allan was exempt from military service during
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