Decimus Govett

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]

Notes

  1. ^ "Role overseas". Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1917
  3. ^ 1851 England Census
  4. ^ Who was Who 1897-1990. London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  5. ^ Seip, David E. (24 April 2018). A Victorian Dissenter: Robert Govett and the Doctrine of Millennial Reward. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-5326-1834-5. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  6. ^ Deans of Gibraltar Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Obituary: The Dean Of Gibraltar". The Times, 3 September 1912, p. 7.
Anglican Communion titles
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 Dean of Gibraltar
1905 – 1912 		Succeeded by


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