1. Elwin Wesley Cockett was born on 24 May 1959 and is a British Anglican priest and chaplain.
23 Facts About Elwin Cockett
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Elwin Cockett was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School and was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral, at Akosombo International School in Ghana, and at Forest School, Walthamstow.
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Elwin Cockett trained for ordination at the Aston Training Scheme and studied theology at Oak Hill College, a Conservative Evangelical theological college, though Cockett himself identifies more with the Open Evangelical tradition.
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Elwin Cockett then moved to St Paul's Church, Harold Hill, where he was successively an assistant curate, priest-in-charge, and vicar.
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Elwin Cockett was Team Rector of Billericay and Little Burstead from 2000 to 2007, and Rural Dean of Basildon from 2004 to 2007.
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Elwin Cockett was born on 24 May 1959 in Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu, in India, where his father was working as a missionary doctor.
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Elwin Cockett was brought up in India, Somerset, Ghana, and East London.
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Elwin Cockett was educated at the primary department of Akosombo International School, then a mostly expatriate school in Ghana, and then at Malmesbury Primary School in East London.
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Elwin Cockett worked at the Inland Revenue for five years, and then became the Practice Manager of the Bethnal Green Medical Mission, a GP surgery in London.
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In 1986, Elwin Cockett entered the Aston Training Scheme to prepare for ordination.
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Elwin Cockett studied theology at Oak Hill College, a Conservative Evangelical theological college in London, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1991.
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Elwin Cockett was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon on 30 June 1991 by John Waine, the Bishop of Chelmsford, and as a priest in 1992.
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Elwin Cockett served as an assistant curate from 1994 to 1995, as priest-in-charge from 1995 to 1997, and then vicar.
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In June 2007, it was announced that Elwin Cockett would be the next Archdeacon of West Ham.
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Elwin Cockett took up the appointment in October 2007 in succession to Michael Fox.
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On 5 June 2024, it was announced that Elwin Cockett intended to retire on 30 September.
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Elwin Cockett retired as Archdeacon of West Ham at the end of September 2024 and now lives in Somerset.
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Outside of his ordained ministry, Elwin Cockett was involved in charity work and was a school governor.
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Elwin Cockett was a trustee of Aston Mansfield, a charity centred on the London Borough of Newham.
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Elwin Cockett was a trustee of The Reverend Doctor George Richards' Charity For Poor Clergymen, a charity that assists Church of England clergy who have retired early due to ill health and their families.
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Elwin Cockett is married to Sue, who he met while he was performing in a play at Forest School.
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Elwin Cockett is a fan of West Ham United FC He is a keen musician, having held a music scholarship at Forest School and having been a boy chorister at St Paul's Cathedral.
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Elwin Cockett was a member of the Dry Bones Band that played occasionally "at events in Chelmsford Cathedral".