Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield KG, PC, FRS, FSA, known as Philip Stanhope until 1773, was a British politician and diplomat. He was British Ambassador to Spain between 1784 and 1787, Master of the Mint between 1789 and 1790, Joint Postmaster General between 1790 and 1798 and Master of the Horse between 1798 and 1804.
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield
Portrait of his first wife Anne née Thistlewayte by Thomas Gainsborough
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