Reginald Sidney Kingsley Seeley (1908 – 12 July 1957) was an Anglican Dean of Ontario and Provost of

Trinity College, Toronto Trinity College (occasionally referred to as The University of Trinity College) is a college federated with the University of Toronto, founded in 1851 by Bishop John Strachan. Strachan originally intended Trinity as a university of strong Angli ...

. He was born in India, the son of G. H. Seeley, Archdeacon of Rangoon and educated at

Marlborough College Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church ...

and

Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...

, graduating B.A. in 1930 and M.A. in 1933. He was ordained in 1932. After acting as chaplain of

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from 1934 to 1938, he was appointed Professor of Exegetical Theology at St John's College, Winnipeg and became a canon of St. John’s Cathedral there. In 1941 he was appointed Warden of St. John’s college and examining chaplain to the

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. In 1943 he was made Rector of St George's Cathedral, Kingston and Dean of Ontario, serving until 1945, when he accepted the post of Provost at

. He died on 3 August 1957 in Trenton, Ontario from injuries received in a car accident that took place on 12 June 1957.

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1908 births 1957 deaths People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Deans of Ontario {{Canada-clergy-stub