John Allen Mylrea

John Allen Mylrea MHK (January 23, 1849 – July 13, 1911), was a member of the House of Keys, and a director of Dumbell's Bank, a prosperous book and sheet music retailer, and Jane Allen (1817–1882), John Allen Mylrea was born in Douglas, Isle of Man and raised in the family home at 21 Duke Street. He was educated by Dr McBurney at the Athol Academy, where it is said he had a promising scholastic career.

During Mylrea's time as Chairman of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, his wife performed the christening of the Empress Queen on Thursday March 4, 1897. Often using Latin phrases and quoting such writers as Shakespeare and Dickens, his oratorical efforts were marked by an ease, polish, and finish which none of his contemporaries in Tynwald could approach.

Said to be liberal in his Conservative views,

Business Through his association with Alexander Bruce, Mylrea became a director of Isle of Man Tramways Company. He also became a director and subsequently Chairman of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company and held a keen interest in the development of the Electric Tramways from Douglas to Laxey and Ramsey and from Laxey to the summit of Snaefell.

Mylrea became a director of Dumbell's Bank in 1887 Following the bank's collapse Mylrea was appointed as one of the liquidators; however he subsequently resigned following a degree of disquiet regarding his role, which in turn had a profound effect on his general health. the sum of his personal estate on the Isle of Man amounted at valuation to £1,000 (about £114,000 as of 2019). Mylrea's widow, Margaret, died at Clifton, Bristol, on November 11, 1926; his daughter died in Luton, Bedfordshire in September 1943.