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Cobbett and Caroline (nÊe Richards), William Pitt Cobbett was born on 26 July 1853 in Adelaide, South Australia. Pitt Cobbett was a wine merchant and, after returning to England, in 1864, was an ordained priest. The senior Pitt Cobbett, after filling various curacies, was vicar of the
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On 3 February 1890, Cobbett was appointed the inaugural
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