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 three sons, one of whom was killed in the First World War.[5] 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.
References
- ↑ “A New History of Ireland” Moody,T.W; Martin,F.X; Byrne,F.J;Cosgrove,A: Oxford, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
- ↑ The Times, Friday, Mar 22, 1872; pg. 11; Issue 27331; col D News in Brief
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p593: London, Horace Cox, 1908
- ↑ ‘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
- ↑ mocavo
- ↑ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Friday, Feb 21, 1908; pg. 8; Issue 38575
- ↑ thePeerage.com
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| Preceded by George Purcell White |
Dean of Cashel 1908–1913 |
Succeeded by Robert Devenish |
| Preceded by Henry Monck Mason Hackett |
Dean of Waterford 1913–1916 |
Succeeded by Robert Miller |
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