Charles Tarrant (1723–1791) was an Anglican

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. Tarrant was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. He held incumbencies at North Tidworth, the City of Westminster, Staines, Bloomsbury,

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and

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. He was Dean of Carlisle during 1764; and then

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until his death on 22 February 1791.'Deans', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 8, Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough Dioceses, ed. Joyce M Horn (London, 1996), pp. 118-122 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol8/pp118-122 ccessed 22 March 2015

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1723 births 1791 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Deans of Carlisle Deans of Peterborough {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub