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Surname	Alken	Alternative Surname	Alkin
First Name	Oliver	Initial of Surname	A
Year of Birth/Baptism		Flourished
Year of Death	1769
Biographical Details	The brother of Sefferin Alken, he was one of the principal woodcarvers at Lansdowne House (1). By his will, which gives his address as Little Titchfield, Marylebone and his profession as ‘Carver’, he entrusted the care of his son (also called Sefferin) and daughter Ann to his brother’s apprentice, Richard Lawrence, and to James Thorne. Literary References: Beard 1981, 241; Beard 1985, 693 Will: PROB 11/947/119