John Frissell Crellin MC

Military Cross

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 JP

Justice of the Peace

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 CP

Captain of the Parish

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 was a prominent Member of the House of Keys

House of Keys

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 in the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

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He was born in Douglas

Douglas, Isle of Man

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 in 1889, the son of J F Crellin MHK JP CP. He was educated at King William's College

King William's College

King William's College is a leading world International Baccalaureate HMC independent school for ages 3 to 18, situated near Castletown on the Isle of Man...

 and served in the First World War in France

France

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 and was wounded in 1916, awarded the Military Cross

Military Cross

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 with bar in 1918.

He was appointed Captain of the Parish

Captain of the Parish

The Captain of the Parish is an official in each parish in the Isle of Man—formerly the title was Captain of the Parish Militia, but it is now only a titular honour...

 of Andreas

Andreas

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 in 1918 and elected to the House of Keys as a Member for Ayre

Ayre

Ayre is one of six sheadings in the Isle of Man and consists of the parishes of Andreas, Bride and Lezayre.Ayre is also a House of Keys constituency, electing a single MHK....

 at the 1924 General Election. Then in 1929 he swapped to Michael

Michael District

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, the constituency for which his father and his grandfather sat. He went on to be Chairman of the Local Government Board and of the Fisheries Board as well as a Church Commissioner and a Director of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.