About Mark Chaplin
Lived 1856 – 1929 (aged 72–73). Mark Chaplin was a Canadian politician.
Mark Chaplin, Jr. (December 22, 1855 – June 14, 1928) was a tailor and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Bonavista in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1900 to 1908.
The son of Mark Chaplin, He apprenticed as a tailor and set up his own business in 1875. Elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1900 and 1904, Chaplin did not run for reelection in 1908. Chaplin became the first elected president of the Masonic Club in 1896. From 1895 to 1920, he was president of the Newfoundland Football League,
Chaplin advertised himself as the "King of Tailors".
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Who was Mark Chaplin?
tailor and politician in Newfoundland
When was Mark Chaplin born?
Mark Chaplin was born in 1856.
When did Mark Chaplin die?
Mark Chaplin died in 1929.
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Mark Chaplin was a politician.
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Mark Chaplin was Canadian.
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