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 curaciesatAshford, Staines and Frampton Cotterell and was then a chaplainatAntibes, Nice and Marseilles; after which he became archdeacon, then Dean of Gibraltar.[6] He died on 30 August 1912.[7]
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