John Bethune
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John Bethune (5 January 1791 – 22 August 1872) was a Canadian Anglican clergyman and acting principal of McGill University from 1835 to 1846.
Born in Williamstown, Glengarry County, Upper Canada, the son of Véronique Waddin and the Reverend John Bethune, Bethune received his education at the school of the Reverend Dr. John Strachan at Cornwall. After serving in the War of 1812, he entered the ministry of the Church of England and in 1814, he was ordained by Bishop Jacob Mountain in Quebec City. In 1818 he was made Rector of Christ Church in Montreal, where he remained for more than fifty years, eventually becoming Dean of the diocese. He was acting-Principal of McGill from November 1835 until May 1846. He died in 1872.
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