Administrator. He was secretary to King Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey, and treasurer of the household. In 1517, he was appointed to the office of Governor of the King's Posts, a precursor to the office of Postmaster General of the United Kingdom. This office lasted until the 1969 reorganisation of the governance of the Post Office.
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Sir Brian Tuke
Painted in the authentic green then in use, this is a reproduction of the Pen...
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
Statesman. Born Debden. As a Protestant dissenter he failed to secure the advancements at the King's court for which he had hoped and so set off to the newly established Massachusetts where he was ...
Socialist politician and campaigner. Born Nottinghamshire. Largely self-educated. Came to London as a young man. Joined the Labour party and the South Place Ethical Society (of which he later becam...
Robert Lucien Wade-Gery was born on 22 April 1929 at 41 Museum Road, Oxford, the only child of Henry Theodore Wade-Gery (1888-1972) and Vivian Wade-Gery née Whitfield (1897-1988). His father was Ox...
Former Labour leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
