Decimus Govett Explained

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 and References

1. Web site: Role overseas . 2010-10-09 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20090730200548/http://geocities.com/CapitolHill/Rotunda/2209/Gibraltar.html . July 30, 2009 .
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
5. Book: Seip . David E. . A Victorian Dissenter: Robert Govett and the Doctrine of Millennial Reward . 24 April 2018 . Wipf and Stock Publishers . 978-1-5326-1834-5 . 90 . 11 November 2023 . en.
6. http://www.gibconnect.com/~holytrinity/lower.php?filename=deans.php Deans of Gibraltar
7. "Obituary: The Dean Of Gibraltar". The Times, 3 September 1912, p. 7.