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.
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. 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.
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. He died on 30 August 1912.
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- Who was Who 1897-1990. London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- 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.
- Deans of Gibraltar Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- "Obituary: The Dean Of Gibraltar". The Times, 3 September 1912, p. 7.
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