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William Allerton III was born to William Allerton, Jr. and Marion Helmstetter in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is married to Constance Rose Driscoll and they have four children, Amy Allerton, Timothy Daniel Allerton, Sean Patrick Allerton, and Colleen Allerton-Hollier. They have five grandchildren. Bill completed his studies in Political Science at Louisiana State University in New Orleans; Fellow, Loyola University Institute of Politics; Fellow, Columbia University School of Law American Assembly. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Allerton & Company, a full-service, nationally recognized, award-winning strategic communications company specializing in media and political consulting, public relations, and governmental affairs.

 

Society Memberships 

  • Order of the Founders and Patriots of America (Governor General; President of the John Quincy Adams Foundation)

  • National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (Governor General)

  • National Society of Sons of the American Colonists

  • National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (Vice President General; President of the SAR Foundation)

  • General Society of the War of 1812 (Gulf District, Deputy President General)

  • Aztec Club of 1847 (National Secretary)

  • National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861 (Board of Directors)

  • General Society Sons of the Revolution (State President)

  • Presidential Families of America (State Regent)

  • General Society of Colonial Wars (State Secretary)

  • Order of Indian Wars of the United States

  • Order of Washington

  • Military Society of the War of 1812

  • Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1565-1861

  • Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

  • Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry

  • National Order of the Blue and Gray

  • National Gavel Society

Published In

 

  • The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America’s The Bulletin

  • National Society Sons of the American Revolution’s The SAR Magazine

  • General Society of the Sons of the Revolution’s Drumbeat 

  • National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims’ The Pilgrim Newsletter

  • National Society War of 1812’s War Cry

 

Chivalric Orders

 

Sovereign Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, Knight Commandeur

 

Listed In (Publications)

 

  • Who’s Who in Politics, 1980

  • Who’s Who in Advertising, 1989

  • Who’s Who in America, 1999

 

Other 

William Allerton III is the recipient of numerous advertising awards, including the National “Addy” Award from the American Advertising Federation and “Pollie” Award from the American Association of Political Consultants. The Advertising Club of New Orleans named him an Ad Person of the Year. A sampling of his award-winning political campaign commercials were exhibited at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

In addition to leading a successful business, Allerton’s leadership has served his nation as a member of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s District Advisory Council, appointed by President Richard M. Nixon; Chairman of the SBA’s District Advisory Council, appointed by President Gerald R. Ford; and the U.S. Small Business Administration’s National Advisory Council, appointed by President George H.W. Bush. In 1995, he was elected a delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business. He has advised the U.S. Congress on small business issues, providing testimony before the U.S. House of Representative’s Small Business Committee. Allerton joined The White House staff (1991-1992) as a representative of the Office of Presidential Advance, assisting with the planning and coordination of the domestic travel of President George H.W. Bush. 

Active on numerous public boards and commissions, Allerton served as Chairman, Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Quality Education Support Fund Committee; Member, Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Non-Public School Commission; Member, Louisiana State Mineral Board; Board of Directors, Louisiana State Museum; Treasurer, Louisiana Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution; and Member, President’s Council on Youth Opportunity. 

He served on the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America; National Council of Trustees of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge; Board of Directors, Loyola University Institute of Politics; U.S. Marine Corps. Scholarship Foundation; United Way for Greater New Orleans; Junior Achievement of Greater New Orleans; and the Archbishop’s Community Appeal. His patriotism and community service received commendations from President Ronald Reagan, President George H.W. Bush, and Chief Justice Warren Burger. 

His awards include the Boy Scouts of America’s coveted Silver Beaver Award; Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge prestigious George Washington Honor Medal (Principal Awardee); the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Medal; the Sons of the American Revolution’s National Distinguished Service Award; the Louisiana Society Sons of the American Revolution Patriot Medal; the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America’s Distinguished Service Award, Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims’ Thomas W. Bicknell Medal; and the Archbishop’s Community Appeal Dedicated Service Award.

Among his most notable accomplishments in the Hereditary Society Community:

 

National Leadership:

 

  • NSSAR Government Relations Chairman: Led the first SAR delegation to the Oval Office since the Eisenhower era, arranged a SAR delegation meeting with the King of Spain, and passed an Act of Congress for the Constitution’s 225th anniversary.

  • SAR Foundation President: Raised $3 million enabling SAR to build its Genealogical Library in downtown Louisville.

  • Executive Leadership: As Governor General of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America and National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, modernized bylaws to enhance operations and membership recruitment and published lineage books while maintaining robust membership during the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Louisiana Leadership:

  • Dual Presidency: He holds the rare distinction of being one of only two men to lead both the Louisiana Society Sons of the American Revolution and the Sons of the Revolution in Louisiana as President.

  • Historical Preservation: Spearheaded to historic firsts:  Louisiana’s first Sons of the American Revolution monument honoring George Washington at the State Capitol, followed by Louisiana’s first Sons of the Revolution monument commemorating the Battle of Lake Pontchartrain.

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