William Govett Romaine

William Govett Romaine, CB (1815 – 29 April 1893) was an English barrister, civil servant and colonial administrator.

He was called to the bar in 1839 and became a deputy judge-advocate in the army during the Crimean War.

Permanent Secretary) to the Admiralty and served in that office until he was appointed Judge-Advocate-General in India in 1869, during which time he married Frances Tennant of Cadoxton Lodge, Glamorganshire.

From 1876 to 1879, he was a member of the Egyptian Conseil du Trésor and served for some of that time as comptroller-general of finances.

[2] In his latter years, William Govett retired to the Priory, Old Windsor, where he died on May 5, 1893.