Ian Tarrant


Ian Tarrant
Dean of Gibraltar
DioceseDiocese in Europe
In office16 March 2020
Orders
Ordination1984 (deacon)
1985(priest)
Personal details
Born1957 (age 66–67)
SpouseSally Barton
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Ian Tarrant (born Essex 1957) is an Anglican priest, the Dean of Gibraltar since 2020.[1]

Tarrant was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and at St John's College, Nottingham. He was ordained deacon in 1984 and priest in 1985.[2]

After a curacy in Ealing he worked in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1988 to 1998. He was Senior Anglican Chaplain at the University of Nottingham from 1998 to 2009 and Rector of Woodford from then until his appointment as Dean.[3] His wife, Sally Barton, holds the world record for being the oldest person to play international cricket.[4][5]

  1. ^ Europe, Anglican
  2. ^ "Ian Tarrant". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. ^ ACNS
  4. ^ "Grandmother becomes oldest international cricketer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Meet Sally Barton: LSE's Political Science teacher-turned oldest T20I cricketer in history!". The Week. Retrieved 4 June 2024.