Talk:Postmaster General of the United Kingdom

Geoffrey Robinson
I was really confused for a while, because I had read something about Geoffrey Robinson being the Postmaster General before he resigned a couple of years ago, but as this post was abolished in 1969 he couldn't have been. I assumed that the post may have been re-established when BT was privatised. But I've now found the answer. It was a misprint and he was actually Paymaster General Mintguy

Reginald Bevins
Edited page to get rid of Ernest Bevin as Postmaster General 1957-59. Though it is clearly inadequate to have "???" in place of an actual name in the list (and I'd invite anyone in the know to submit the real name), it's also pretty bad to include the name of a man who died six years before talking up a post. Oxymoron 10:12, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Reference should have been to Reginald Bevins, and some of the surrounding dates were incorrect--George Burgess 12:58, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Two Postmasters General period
I have converted the list to a wikitable in the style of those used for MP list in constituency articles. This will enable the parties to be added, to verify how true the statement that the two posts were split between parties is. In doing this I have relied on the Falmouth Packet Archives website for the names of Postmasters General. Some were already identified in a previous version of this article; others have been identified from the articles on their titles as peers or from Burkes Peerage (1939 edition). I am not clear whether the Earl of Leicester (who held the post in 1786) was the 1st (died 1786) or 2nd Earl, and have left this linked to Earl of Leicester. The Falmouth Packet Archives website seems to be missing some names and others appear to be incomplete there. I have left these as a "?". Many of the biographic articles on individual Postmasters-General do not indicate that they held the office. Others do not indicate that the person had a colleague. These are all matters requiring attention. A more authoritative source would also be useful. Peterkingiron (talk) 21:32, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Correct Earl of Leicester now identified. Peterkingiron (talk) 22:33, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Master of the Kings Post
John Manley (MP) could not have been "Master of the Kings Post" between 1653 and 1655 as the monarchy had been abolished. -- PBS (talk) 15:08, 13 April 2012 (UTC)


 * According to this reference he was postmaster under the Commonwealth during those years, so I've added a Commonwealth table. Perhaps Prideaux should be divided into two periods. What do you think? ww2censor (talk) 16:13, 13 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I have no particular opinion on it. One point though, up until 30 January 1649 Parliament continued with the fiction that they were loyal subjects of the King and that they were fighting against his misguided advisers, so Edmund Prideaux although a Roundhead would have been styled as a king's servant.


 * Also I am also not sure how Thomas Witherings and Charles Stanhope etc fit into this. -- PBS (talk) 17:18, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

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