The Very Rev Decimus Storry Govett (1827–30 August 1912) was an eminent Anglican priest

Priest

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 in the last decade

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s of the 19th century and the first two

Decade

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 of the 20th. He was born in 1827 and educated at Wadham College, Oxford

Wadham College, Oxford

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. After ordination he held curacies

Curate

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 at Ashford

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, Staines

Staines

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 and Frampton Cotterell

Frampton Cotterell

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 and was then a chaplain

Chaplain

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 at Antibes

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, Nice

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 and Marseilles; after which he became archdeacon

Archdeacon

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, then Dean

Dean (religion)

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 of Gibraltar

Gibraltar Cathedral

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. He died on 30 August 1912