William Dockwra

William Dockwra

male, deceased (1716)
city of london, entrepreneur, slave trade, Duke of York, custom house, patent…GeneralPostOffice, penny post
William Dockwra was an English entrepreneur who created the first penny post. He was born in the City of London, the son of an armourer, and was...
Willie Pearse

Willie Pearse

male, deceased (1916)
Rebel, revolutionary, executions by the United Kingdom, Pearse family, stonemason, execution…GeneralPostOffice
William Pearse (better known as Willie Pearse, ; November 15, 1891 - May 4, 1916) was an Irish nationalist and younger brother of Patrick Pearse....
Ralph Allen

Ralph Allen

male, deceased (1764)
GeneralPostOffice, jacobite, General Wade, Post Master, Postmaster, English…post office
Ralph Allen (1693 - June 29, 1764) was baptised at St Columb Major, Cornwall on July 24 1693. As a teenager he worked at the Post Office. He moved...

Seán Mac Diarmada

male, deceased (1916)
Rebel, revolutionary, executions by the United Kingdom, Irish, Irish Freedom, fenian…GeneralPostOffice
Seán Mac Diarmada (born John MacDermott and also referred to as Sean MacDermott) was one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland. Mac D...
Eamon Bulfin

Eamon Bulfin

male, deceased (1968)
Birr, eamon de valera, Irish Argentineans, GPO, Department of Foreign Affairs, Easter Rising…GeneralPostOffice
Eamon Bulfin, son of the writer William Bulfin of Birr, in the present County Offaly, was born in Argentina. He was a pupil at Patrick Pearse's...
Tommy Flowers

Tommy Flowers

male, deceased (1998)
World War II, computer pioneer, computer hardware engineer, British, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering…GeneralPostOffice, Post Office Research Station
Thomas (Tommy) Harold Flowers, MBE (22 December 1905 - 28 October 1998) was a British engineer. During World War II, Flowers designed "Colossus",...
Francis Johnson

Francis Johnson

male, deceased (1995)
Francis Frederick Johnson, Neoclassical architect, cbe, English, From Bridlington, Charleville Forest Castle…GeneralPostOffice
Francis Frederick Johnson CBE, (18 April 1911-29 September 1995), was an English architect.
James Ryan

James Ryan

male, deceased (1970)
Teachtaí Dála, Member of the 9th Dáil, Former Teachtaí Dála, Irish, de valera, Member of the 1st Dáil…GeneralPostOffice, General Post Office, Dublin
Dr. James Ryan, was a senior Irish politician. He was elected to the First Dáil at the 1918 general election and, apart from the Third Dáil (1...
Michael Staines

Michael Staines

male, deceased (1955)
Member of the 1st Dáil, Dublin North East, Free State Seanad, Seanad Éireann, Member of the 1934 Seanad, Member of the 2nd Dáil…GeneralPostOffice
Michael Staines (1885-1955) was an Irish republican and politician. He was born in Newport Co. Mayo, his mother's home village, and where his...

Robert Hunter

male, deceased (1913)
GeneralPostOffice, post office, Dorking, Deptford, London, Commons Preservation Society, Royal Post Office
Sir Robert Hunter (born in 1844 at Camberwell, London, England-November, 1913) was a solicitor, civil servant and co-founder of the National Trust...