Decimus Govett
Template:Use dmy dates Decimus Storry Govett (1827 – 30 August 1912) was an Anglican priest in the last decades of the 19th century and the first two of the 20th.[1]
Govett was born in 1827 in Staines, Middlesex, the sixth son of 11 children born to Rev. Robert Govett, the Vicar of Staines, and Sarah Romaine.[2][3][4] Civil servant William Govett Romaine was his eldest brother, while four of his brothers were ordained into the Church of England, including theologian Robert Govett.[5]
He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford. After ordination he held curacies at Ashford, Staines and Frampton Cotterell and was then a chaplain at Antibes, Nice and Marseilles; after which he became archdeacon, then Dean of Gibraltar.[6] He died on 30 August 1912.[7]
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- ↑ London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1917
- ↑ 1851 England Census
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- ↑ "Obituary: The Dean Of Gibraltar". The Times, 3 September 1912, p. 7.
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