About Sir Cecil Day
Lived 1884 – 1963 (aged 78–79). Sir Cecil Day was a British civil servant.
Sir Albert Cecil Day (9 November 1884 – 1 January 1963) was a British civil servant who was secretary to the governors-general of New Zealand from 1917 to 1936.
Early life and education
Day was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales, the son of Charles Day, a farm bailiff from Gloucestershire, and Hannah Parrot. The Days were an old Eastington family from the Cotswolds. He was educated privately and at Northleach Grammar School. In the 1925 Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. He was awarded a knighthood in the 1932 Birthday Honours.
Personal life Day married Clara Katherine Fisher in 1912 in New Zealand. She died in 1951. He died on New Year's Day 1963 in Esher, Surrey.
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British civil servant
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Sir Cecil Day was born on 9 November 1884 in Newtown.
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Sir Cecil Day died in 1963 in Esher.
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Sir Cecil Day was a civil servant.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Sir Cecil Day. https://biography.guide/sir-cecil-day/
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