Sir John Alleyne, 3rd Baronet

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Sir John Gay Newton Alleyne, 3rd Baronet (8 September 1820-20 February 1912), was a British businessman and engineer.

Alleyne was born at Alleynedale Hall in Barbados, the son of Sir Reynold Abel Alleyne, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Rebecca, daughter of John Alton. He was Warden of Dulwich College between 1845 and 1851^{[citation needed]}, president of the Steel and Iron Institute. Alleyne had joined the Butterley Company in 1852 as its first manager at a time when highly professional and highly paid managers were being brought into the industry. He served as manager and chief engineer of the iron works for 28 years. It was he who designed the roof of St. Pancras Station and forged the girders at Butterley. He also carried out the project of a two-track railway bridge over the Maas at Dortrecht in Holland.

Alleyne married Augusta Isabella, daughter of Sir Henry FitzHerbert, 3rd Baronet, in 1851. He died in February 1912, aged 91.