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Postmaster General

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as 'Master of the King's Post' in February 1512. In 1517, he was appointed to the office of 'Governor of the King's Posts', a precursor to the office of
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Letters and papers, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII. Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and elsewhere in England
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In the United Kingdom, the office of Postmaster General was abolished in 1969. It was replaced by the
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Brewer, J.S.; Brewer, John Sherren; Brodie, Robert Henry; Gairdner, James (1864).
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Chief executive officer of the postal service of a country
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Index

Postmaster general
Anglosphere
postal service
ministerial office
postmasters
government official
mail
England
£
Sir Brian Tuke
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
Henry VIII
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
Secretary of State
Department of Trade and Industry
Scotland
Postmaster General for Scotland
United States
United States Postmaster General
Ireland
Postmaster-General of Ireland
Sri Lanka
Postmaster General of Sri Lanka
New Zealand
Postmaster-General of New Zealand
Hong Kong
Postmaster General of Hong Kong
Canada
Postmaster General of Canada
Australia

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