John Charles Frederick Sigismund Day
Title: Sir
Nationality: British
Date of birth: 1826.06.20
Place of birth: Den Haag
Date of death: 1908.06.13
Category: collector
Nationality: British
Date of birth: 1826.06.20
Place of birth: Den Haag
Date of death: 1908.06.13
Category: collector
Identity:
Sir John Charles Sigismund Day, Q. C., was called to the bar in 1849. He became a Q. C. in 1882 and later a Justice of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court.
Life:
He was a collector, and bought Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Valparaiso Bay y076 in 1892 but had sold it by 1898. His art collection was sold in May 1909.
Bibliography:
Foster, Joseph, Men at the Bar: a biographical hand-list of the members of the various inns of court, including Her Majesty's judges, London, 1885; Who's Who, 1898, London 1898; Who Was Who: a companion to Who's Who, vol. 1, 1897/1915, London, 1920-21. Day, Arthur Francis, John C.F.S. Day: his forbears and himself – a biographical study, London, 1916. 'John Charles Day', Wikipedia.
