John Morrow Simms (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. He subsequently became Honorary Chaplain to George V of the United Kingdom.
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Down constituencies (1801–1922) Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Leipzig University alumni Irish Unionist Party politicians British Army generals of World War I 19th-century Irish Presbyterian ministers 20th-century Presbyterian ministers from Northern Ireland Moderators of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland