Postmaster General of Great Britain

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cabinet-level position government office

The Postmaster General of Great Britain was the senior government official historically responsible for overseeing the national postal system and related communications services in Great Britain.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom	24
Postmaster General of Great Britain canonical	10
Postmaster General	1
Postmaster General (UK)	1
Postmaster General (United Kingdom)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet-level position ⓘ government office ⓘ
abolished	1969 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
appointedBy	the Crown ⓘ Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
country	Great Britain ⓘ
fieldOfWork	postal system ⓘ public administration ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	issue of postage stamps ⓘ postal rates ⓘ postal regulations ⓘ postal routes ⓘ
hasDuties	control of government mail contracts ⓘ management of post offices ⓘ oversight of telegraph services ⓘ oversight of telephone services ⓘ oversight of the national postal service ⓘ regulation of mail delivery ⓘ supervision of postal revenues ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
inception	17th century ⓘ
officeHeldBy	cabinet minister ⓘ
partOf	Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Government of Great Britain UK government ⓘ surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
positionHeldBy	Clement Attlee ⓘ Edward Short ⓘ Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington ⓘ Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton ⓘ Henry Fawcett ⓘ Henry Pelham ⓘ Herbert Samuel ⓘ John Stonehouse ⓘ Lord John Manners ⓘ Tony Benn ⓘ William Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty ⓘ
replaced	Master of the Posts ⓘ
replacedBy	Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (historically) ⓘ surface form: Minister of Posts and Telecommunications
replaces	earlier royal postal officers ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
seat	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
supervises	British Post Office ⓘ surface form: General Post Office
usedFor	administration of public mail services ⓘ state control of communications ⓘ

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Subject: Postmaster General of Great Britain
Description of subject: The Postmaster General of Great Britain was the senior government official historically responsible for overseeing the national postal system and related communications services in Great Britain.

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich → positionHeld → Postmaster General of Great Britain ⓘ

Clement Attlee → positionHeld → Postmaster General of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Postmaster General

Sir Kingsley Wood → positionHeld → Postmaster General of Great Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Kingsley Wood