The Reverend
John Morrow Simms
Member of Parliament
for Down
North Down (July–November 1922)
In office
21 July 1922 – 7 October 1931
Serving with David Reid (November 1922-1931)
Preceded byHenry Wilson
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born(1854-11-23)23 November 1854
Newtownards, Ireland
Died29 April 1934(1934-04-29) (aged 79)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
Alma materQueen's University Belfast
University of Edinburgh
Leipzig University
ProfessionClergyman
Soldier

John Morrow Simms CB CMG (23 November 1854 – 29 April 1934) was a Presbyterian minister and unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Born in Newtownards, Simms studied at the Belfast Academy, the Coleraine Academical Institution, Queen's University, Belfast, the University of Edinburgh and Leipzig University. In 1882, he was ordained as a Presbyterian Church in Ireland clergyman, and became a British Army chaplain in 1887. He was elected for the Ulster Unionist Party at the July 1922 North Down by-election, and when the seat was abolished later in the year, won a seat in Down, serving until the 1931 UK general election. From 1914 to 1920, he was Principal Chaplain to the Forces, and held rank relative to major-general.[1] He subsequently became Honorary Chaplain to George V of the United Kingdom.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 29420". The London Gazette. 28 December 1915. p. 13010.
  2. ↑ John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p. 185


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