Thomas Seele | |
Order: | 11th |
Office: | Provost of Trinity College Dublin |
Term Start: | 1 August 1661 |
Term End: | 15 January 1675 |
Predecessor: | Samuel Winter |
Successor: | Michael Ward |
Birth Date: | 9 September 1611 |
Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Death Place: | Oxford, England |
Alma Mater: | Trinity College Dublin (B.A., 1629; M.A., 1633) |
Thomas Seele (9 September 1611 – 15 January 1675) was an Irish Anglican who served as the 11th Provost of Trinity College Dublin from 1661 to 1675. He was also Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral[1]
Educated at Trinity College Dublin, graduating with a B.A. (1629), and M.A. (1633). He was elected a Fellow of Trinity College (1634), then restored to his Fellowship in 1637, and was made a Senior Fellow (1638) and later a B.D. He served as Rector of Coolock and Raheny, in North Dublin. He served as Vice-Provost of Trinity College from 1641 to 1644.[2]
He was banned from preaching by Henry Cromwell in 1658. He was appointed to the provostship of Trinity College by King Charles II in 1661, despite being married, which was previously a barrier to holding the position. In the same year, he was made Dean of St. Patrick's. He died in 1675.