There was a time if my memory is correct that the last Postmaster General (as the top of tree was known back then) started out as a telegram boy and worked his way up through all the ranks, so knew the job inside out. Im sure I will be rightfully corrected if I am wrong.
Postmaster General was a government ministerial position. It was abolished in 1969.
The last person to hold that position, John Stonehouse was a spy for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic who faked his own death and while on the run was mistaken for the also disappeared Lord Lucan.
There was a time if my memory is correct that the last Postmaster General (as the top of tree was known back then) started out as a telegram boy and worked his way up through all the ranks, so knew the job inside out. Im sure I will be rightfully corrected if I am wrong.
Postmaster General was a government ministerial position. It was abolished in 1969.
The last person to hold that position, John Stonehouse was a spy for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic who faked his own death and while on the run was mistaken for the also disappeared Lord Lucan.
So no he didn't work his way up from anywhere.
Thanks for the correction, maybe it was someone before that, I am sure at some point I read something along them lines about someone who was Postmaster General or I have confused it with something else.
