{{Short description|Irish Anglican cleric}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Thomas Seele | image = A painting thought to be of Thomas Seele.jpg | 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_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1611|9|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|1675|1|15|1611|9|9|df=y}} | death_place = Oxford, England | spouse = | children = | education = | alma_mater = Trinity College, Dublin<br>(B.A., 1629; M.A., 1633) | signature = |}} '''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.<ref>[https://www.tcd.ie/provost/history/former-provosts/t_seele.php Thomas Seele.] Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 26 July 2016.</ref>
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.<ref>[https://www.tcd.ie/provost/history/former-vps/ Former Vice Provosts], Trinity College Dublin.</ref>
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.
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