James Seaton (bishop)
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James Buchanan Seaton (19 March 1868 – 25 May 1938) was a British
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in the first half of the 20th century.


Early life and career

Seaton was born on 19 March 1868, educated at
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and
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at
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in 1886 where his
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– had been
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since 1883. Seaton was
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in 1894. After a period as a
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in
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he was Vice-Principal of Leeds Clergy School, then
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of St. Bartholomew's Church, Armley. From 1909 until 1914 he was
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of
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when he became
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of
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which adhered to
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practices. Seaton held this position until his appointment to the
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as
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in 1928. An eminent author, he died in post on 25 May 1938 aged 70. He had become a
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(DD).


Middleton family connection

When principal of Cuddesdon (1914 to 1928), Seaton reportedly officiated at the 1921 funeral of solicitor
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at
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. Seaton had known Middleton as fellow students at
Leeds Grammar School Leeds Grammar School was an independent school founded 1552 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Originally a male-only school, in August 2005 it merged with Leeds Girls' High School to form The Grammar School at Leeds. The two schools physica ...
. Seaton also officiated at the
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wedding of Gilbert Middleton's daughter, Margaret Middleton, in January 1925 and her brother solicitor, Alan Lomas Middleton, the following year at which his uncle, solicitor R. Noel Middleton – great-grandfather of Catherine, Princess of Wales – was a
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.


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* * 1868 births People educated at Leeds Grammar School Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Archdeacons of Johannesburg Bishops of Wakefield (diocese) 1938 deaths Staff of Ripon College Cuddesdon 20th-century Church of England bishops {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub