The Assistant Postmaster General is a defunct junior ministerial position in the United Kingdom Government.
The title of
Postmaster General was abolished under the
Post Office Act 1969. 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
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*1915:
Herbert Pike Pease
*1922: vacant
*1924:
Viscount Wolmer
*1929:
Samuel Viant
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Born in Plymouth, and educated at Devonport Higher Grade School, Viant worked as a carpenter and moved to London.''Who's who of British Members of Pa ...
*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
*1939:
Charles Waterhouse
*1941:
Allan Chapman
*1942:
Robert Grimston
*1945:
William Anstruther-Gray
*1945:
Wilfrid Burke
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*1947:
Charles Rider Hobson
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Political career
Hobson was Member of Parliament for Wembley North from 1945 to 1950 and for Keighley from 1950 to 1959. ...
*1951:
Leonard David Gammans
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Gammans was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School. He served with the Royal Field Artillery 1914â ...
*1955:
Cuthbert Alport
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"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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