Decimus Govett

The Very Rev Decimus Storry Govett (1827–30 August 1912) was an eminent Anglican priest in the last decades of the 19th century and the first two of the 20th[1]. He was born in 1827[2] and 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 [3]. He died on 30 August 1912 [4]

Notes

  1. ^ Role overseas
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  3. ^ Deans of Gibraltar
  4. ^ Obituary- The Dean Of Gibraltar The TimesTuesday, Sep 03, 1912; pg. 7; Issue 39994; col B
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment
Dean of Gibraltar
1905 – 1912
Succeeded by
William Thomas Baring Hayter

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