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...
Co-churchwarden of Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, August 1817.
Lawyer and statesman. Born 3 Bury Street, died at home at 32 Curzon Street. 2018: A critical Londonist article gives: "A government enquiry found the politician Rufus Isaacs guilty of 'grave impro...
From British History On-line “…. the campaign which culminated in the Old Age Pensions Act of 1908 was begun at a conference held there {Browning Hall - see Robert Browning Settlement} by Charles ...
Daniel Meinertzhagen VI. Head of the Frederick Huth merchant bank, as his father had been before him. Treasurer of the committee that built the extension to the German Hospital, which, given his we...
Councillor on the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1952.
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