Maurice Day (Dean of Waterford)

Maurice William Day (23 April 1858 – 29 August 1916) was an Irish Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]

He was the son of a clergyman (His father was Bishop of Cashel, Emly, Waterford and Lismore from 1872[2] until 1899); and was educated at Repton School and Trinity College, Dublin. Ordained in 1882,[3] after curacies at Queenstown and Waterford he held incumbencies at Newport, County Tipperary and then Kilbrogan, County Cork.[4] In 1887 he married Katherine Louisa Frances Garfitt: they had one daughter and four sons, two of which were killed in the First World War,[5] Lieut Maurice Charles Day(1891-1914) in East Africa and Capt. John Edward Day (1894 - 1917) in Flanders. 1900 he became Chaplain to the Bishop of Cashel and Waterford. From 1908[6] to 1913 he was Dean of Cashel;[7] and, from 1913 to 1916, Dean of Waterford. On 29 August 1916 he died, aged 58, in Courtmacsherry, County Cork.

  1. ^ "A New History of Ireland" Moody,T.W; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
  2. ^ The Times, Friday, 22 March 1872; pg. 11; Issue 27331; col D News in Brief
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p593: London, Horace Cox, 1908
  4. ^ ‘DAY, Very Rev. Maurice William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 23 April 2014
  5. ^ "Surname D". Waterford's Roll of Honour. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, 21 February 1908; pg. 8; Issue 38575
  7. ^ thePeerage.com