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Christopher R. Shimmin
Christopher R. Shimmin (1870–1933), Manx playwright and MHK.
==Life==
Christopher Robert Shimmin was born in Peel in September 1870,〔'Labour History', by Robert Fyson, in ''A New History of the Isle of Man: Volume V: The Modern Period, 1830–1999'', ed John Belchem, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2000, p. 289 (fn. 49)〕 the eldest son of Robert Donald Shimmin and Eleanor Brew Shimmin.〔(‘Photographs of Cast of "Illiam Kodhere's Will"‘ ) in ''Manx Quarterly'' No. 13 Vol. II, available on www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook〕〔''The Celtic Who's Who'', The Fifeshire Advertiser Ltd, Kircaldy, Scotland, 1921〕 He was an apprentice sailmaker in his grandfather's business before moving to work in England.〔〔(''The Isle of Man Examiner Annual, 1925'' ), available on www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook〕 He emigrated to the USA and there suffered unemployment in c.1895-6.〔 After a period working as a seaman, Shimmin eventually returned to Peel and started his own business as a monumental mason.〔
In 1919 he was elected as a Member of the House of Keys for Peel as a member of the Manx Labour Party.〔 He was an active and dedicated member of the Labour Party, the president of its Manx wing, often travelling to Britain for meetings and conferences.〔 He served as an MHK until his death at his home at 23 Mona Street, Peel,〔 on 9 January 1933, leaving behind him £3,300 in his will.〔(Other People's Money 1931–37 ), available on www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook〕 At the first meeting of the House of Keys after his death, W. P. Clucas eulogised that Shimmin had "lived an unselfish life of service, and his real feelings and character were a burning hatred of injustice wherever met."〔(Meeting of the House Keys Minutes, Tuesday, January 17, 1933 )〕 In the subsequant election for his vacant seat in the House of Keys, his wife Marion Shimmin was voted in, making her the first woman member to be returned to the House of Keys.〔(''The Isle of Man'' ), by Maxwell Fraser, 1940, available on www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook〕
He was president of the Manx Society (1924–25), an amateur actor with The Peel Players,〔 a "brother" of The Independent Order of Rechabites (an (alcohol) abstinence Friendly Society),〔(''100 Years of Manx Rechabitism'' ), by P.W. Caine, Independent Order of Rechabites (Salford Unity), Isle of Man District, No. 6, 1936, available on www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook〕 and author of a number of plays and stories in Manx dialect, as well as of an outline of Manx history.〔
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