Background
Born George Winn, he was the only son of Pelham Winn, of South Ferriby, Lincolnshire, by Elizabeth Wighton, daughter of Reverend Gilbert Wighton by Elizabeth Allanson, sister of William Allanson, of Bramham Biggin, Bramham, Yorkshire.
Born George Winn, he was the only son of Pelham Winn, of South Ferriby, Lincolnshire, by Elizabeth Wighton, daughter of Reverend Gilbert Wighton by Elizabeth Allanson, sister of William Allanson, of Bramham Biggin, Bramham, Yorkshire.
He entered Lincoln"s Inn in 1744 and was called to the Bar in 1755. In 1761 he was appointed a Baron of the Exchequer, a post he held until 1776. In 1776 he was created a Baronet, of Little Warley in the County of Essex.
In 1789 Allanson-Winn was returned to Parliament for Ripon.
He continued to represent Ripon until 1798, during which time he was a silent supporter of William Pitt the Younger"s administration. Having earlier petitioned Pitt for an Irish peerage, he made a renewed petition in 1793.
He was rewarded four years later when he was made an Irish peer as Lord Headley, Baron Allanson and Winn, of Aghadoe in the County of Kerry. Lord Headley married firstly his kinswoman Anne Winn, daughter of Sir Rowland Winn, 4th Baronet, of Nostell Priory, in 1765.
They had one daughter.
