Ian Gatford

The Ven. Ian Gatford AKC (15 June 1940 – 18 July 2026) was an English Anglican prelate who was Archdeacon of Derby from 1993^[1] until 2005.

After several years with Taylor Woodrow, he studied at King's College London and its postgraduate facility at St Boniface College, Warminster. He was ordained deacon in 1967 and priest in 1968.^[2] He was successively: curate at St Mary, Clifton, Nottingham; team vicar at Holy Trinity in the same neighbourhood; vicar of St Martin, Sherwood; and a Canon Residentiary at Derby Cathedral.^[3]

Gatford died on 18 July 2026, aged 86.^[4]

Notes

↑ "Church news". The Times. No. 64529. London, England. 31 December 1992. p. 18.
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ ‘GATFORD, Ven. Ian’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 2 Dec 2013
↑ "Deaths, 24 July 2026". Church Times. Retrieved 2 August 2026.

Archdeacons in the Diocese of Derby
Derby (High Medieval)	G. Richard Froger N. Godfrey de Luci Yvo Vivian de Stagno William de Muschamp William de Luteby David de Sancta Frideswida William de Weston Simon Jordan de Wymburne Elias de Napton
Derby (Late Medieval)	Geoffrey de Blaby/Glaston Anthony de Monte Peliologo John de Asheby John de Marisco Hugh de Marisco Robert de Stretton William Lombe John de Outheby Walter Bullock John Bride William Chauntre Edmund Hals
Derby (Early modern)	Nicholas West John Taylor Richard Strete David Pole John Ramridge Richard Walker Laurence Nowell Luke Gilpin Walter Marsh John Walton Valentine Overton Christopher Helme Samuel Clerk William Higgins Thomas Brown/Browne Francis Ashenhurst Thomas Goodwin Henry Ryder Sneyd Davies Henry Egerton
Derby (Late modern)	James Falconer Edmund Outram Samuel Butler Francis Hodgson Walter Shirley Thomas Hill Southwell diocese: Edward Balston Henry Freer Edward Were Derby diocese: Edward Noakes Henry FitzHerbert John Richardson Robert Dell Ian Gatford Christopher Cunliffe Peter Walley (acting) Archdeaconry dissolved, 2022
Chesterfield	Edmond Crosse Geoffrey Clayton Talbot Dilworth-Harrison Ingram Cleasby Gerald Phizackerley David Garnett Christine Wilson Tony Kaunhoven (acting) Carol Coslett (became Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales) Archdeaconry dissolved, 2022
2022 archdeaconries	Carol Coslett, Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales (previously Archdeacon of Chesterfield) Matthew Trick, Archdeacon of Derby City and South Derbyshire Karen Hamblin, Archdeacon of East Derbyshire Nicky Fenton, Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales

Diocese of Derby
Derby Cathedral Bishop's House, Duffield Derby Church House, Derby
Office holders	Libby Lane, Bishop of Derby Malcolm Macnaughton, Bishop suffragan of Repton AEO: Paul Thomas, Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Peter Robinson, Dean of Derby Matthew Trick, Archdeacon of Derby City and South Derbyshire Nicky Fenton, Archdeacon of Derbyshire Peak and Dales Archdeacon of East Derbyshire (vacant)
Historic offices	Archdeacon of Derby (1927–2002; previously in the Dioceses of Lichfield and of Southwell) Archdeacon of Chesterfield (1927–2002; previously in Southwell diocese) Provost of Derby (1931–2000; see Dean of Derby)