Talk:Postmasters General of Ireland

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Did you know... that the Act of Parliament establishing the post of Postmasters General of Ireland was not repealed until 31 years after the Act of Union had united the countries in 1800?

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Curious references[edit]

There are online references to two people named as Postmaster General of Ireland but at an earlier time than the post was established. Could these be mis-descriptions for postmaster of Dublin, or something else?

Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet –1760 – PMGI ?
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p29988.htm#i299873 does not give a year for the office but he died in 1760 using the reference as: Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
- The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of Ireland By James Roderick O'Flanagan
- Anecdotes of the Aristocracy by Bernard Burke
- The Irish chieftains By Charles ffrench Blake- Forster

William Fortescue, 1st Earl of Clermont 1722–1806 – PMGI: 1764–1784
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p18069.htm#i180689 lists him as PMGI between 1764 and 1784 using the reference as: Cokayne, G.E.; Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.. 13 volumes in 14. 1910-1959. Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000.
- The Later Correspondence of George III by A. ASPINALL
- Book of dignities lists him at the top of page 461 under the heading of Postmasters-General of Ireland but list no dates

Despite the above references the postal heritage page ([1] archived link) Post Office: Letters Patent 1715-1964], a primary source, confirms appointment only existed between 1784 and 1831. ww2censor (talk) 16:24, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Newly found reference[edit]

Commissioners of Inquiry into Collection and Management of Revenue in Ireland and Great Britain: nineteenth report (Post Office Revenue - Ireland) with appendix ww2censor (talk) 23:25, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]