William Leader Maberley
1798–1885
Army officer, politician, and civil /servant. Served in the army, 1815–81, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. MP for Westbury, 1819–20; Northampton, 1820–30; Shaftesbury, 1831–2; Chatham, 1832–4. Secretary of the Post Office, 1836–54. Opposed the Post Office reforms that Rowland Hill proposed following Hill’s appointment as secretary to the postmaster-general in 1846. At the Board of Audit, 1854–66.
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DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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