John Morrow Simms

John Morrow Simms
File:The Rev John Morrow Simms, Dd, Cmg, Principal Chaplain Bef Art.IWMART1824.jpg
Member of Parliament for North Down
In office 21 July 1922 – 15 November 1922
Preceded by	Henry Wilson
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished Walter Smiles (1950)
Personal details
Born	(1854-11-23)23 November 1854 Newtownards, Ireland
Died	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Nationality	British
Political party	Ulster Unionist Party
Alma mater	Queen's University Belfast University of Edinburgh Leipzig University
Profession	Clergyman Soldier
Religion	Presbyterian

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

Born in Newtownards, Simms studied at the Old Academy, Belfast, 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, becoming a British Army chaplain in 1887. He was elected for the Ulster Unionist Party at the North Down by-election, July 1922, 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 the rank of Major-General. He subsequently became Honorary Chaplain to George V of the United Kingdom.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Morrow Simms

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Henry Hughes Wilson	Member of Parliament for North Down 1922–1922	constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Down 1922–1931 With: David Reid	Succeeded by Edward Vane Tempest Stewart David Reid