Holy crap. I just came across a translation of an interview with G Gundam director Yasuhiro Imagawa. I've only skimmed it so far, but among other things, there's discussion about where some of the character names came from. Including Allenby Beardsley:
"That was the name of a female conn officer who appeared just two times in Star Trek: The Next Generation, a foreign drama I really like. The actress who played her was very cute, and I liked the sound of the name "Allenby." I think the family name Beardsley was chosen by Mr. Ryota Yamaguchi, who was responsible for the script of episode 30, where Allenby was introduced."
I did not expect that to be the origin, and it still baffles me somewhat that they decided on that name for a Swedish character. Of course, Ensign Tess Allenby has her own article on Memory Alpha:
Ensign Tess Allenby was a Human Starfleet conn officer assigned to the USS Enterprise-D during the mid-2360s. Allenby manned the conn when C
