The Assistant Postmaster General is a defunct junior ministerial position in the United Kingdom Government.
The title of
Postmaster General
A Postmaster General, in Anglosphere countries, is the chief executive officer of the postal service of that country, a ministerial office responsible for overseeing all other postmasters.
History
The practice of having a government official ...
was abolished under the
Post Office Act 1969
The Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that changed the General Post Office from a department of state to a public corporation, known as the Post Office. It also abolished the office of Postmaster Gene ...
. A new public authority governed by a chairman was established under the name of the "Post Office".
The position of "Postmaster General" was replaced with
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications and that of Assistant Postmaster General was replaced by a
Parliamentary Secretary post.
Assistant Postmasters General
*January 1910:
Henry Norman
*1910:
Cecil Norton
*1915:
Herbert Pike Pease
*1922: vacant
*1924:
Viscount Wolmer
*1929:
Samuel Viant
*1931:
Graham White
*1932: Sir
Ernest Bennett
*1935: Sir
Walter Womersley
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He was born in Marley Street, Bradford, Yorkshire, the son ...
*1939:
William Mabane
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Background and education
The son of Joseph Greenwoo ...
*1939:
Charles Waterhouse
*1941:
Allan Chapman
*1942:
Robert Grimston
*1945:
William Anstruther-Gray
*1945:
Wilfrid Burke
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*1947:
Charles Rider Hobson
Charles Rider Hobson, Baron Hobson (18 February 1904 – 17 February 1966) was a British Labour politician and life peer.
Political career
Hobson was Member of Parliament for Wembley North from 1945 to 1950 and for Keighley from 1950 to 195 ...
*1951:
Leonard David Gammans
Sir Leonard David Gammans, 1st Baronet (10 November 1895 – 8 February 1957), known as David Gammans, was a British Conservative Party politician.
Gammans was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and served with the Royal Field Artillery 19 ...
*1955:
Cuthbert Alport
Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Baron Alport, (22 March 1912 – 28 October 1998), was a Conservative Party politician, minister, and life peer.
Early life
"Cub" Alport was educated at Haileybury College, Haileybury, Hertfordshire, England, a ...
*1957:
Kenneth Thompson
*1959:
Mervyn Pike
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*1963:
Raymond Llewellyn Mawby
*1964:
Joseph Slater
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
*1969:
Joseph Slater
*1969:
Norman Pentland
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Background
Pentland was born in Fatfield, educated at ...
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