High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Govett, (Staines, Middlesex, 14 February 1813 – Norwich, Norfolk, 20 February 1901) was a famous British theologian, and a successful independent pastor of Surrey Chapel, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. His father, Robert Govett Sr., Vicar of Staines, died in 1854. His maternal grandfather was William Romaine (1714–95), the famous eighteenth century pastor and evangelist, and the author of "The Life, Walk and Triumph of Faith". Govett never married because he wanted to use all his time for the ministry.