Sir Brian Tuke was the secretary of Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey. He served as the first Governor of the King's Posts from 1517 to 1545.
Brian Tuke portrait by Hans Holbein c. 1527
Sir Brian Tuke shadowed by Death, c.1540, by an anonymous artist after Holbein.
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom was a Cabinet ministerial position in HM Government. Aside from maintaining the postal system, the Telegraph Act 1868 established the Postmaster General's right to exclusively maintain electric telegraphs. This would subsequently extend to telecommunications and broadcasting.
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
The former site of the General Letter Office in London
Image: The 6th Marquess of Londonderry as viceroy of Ireland
Image: Austen Chamberlain MP