# Lijst van Britse ministers van Posterijen
## Ministers van Posterijen van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1846–1969)

| Minister van Posterijen Postmaster General | Minister van Posterijen Postmaster General | Minister van Posterijen Postmaster General | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet |
| | | Markies van Clanricarde Ulick de Burgh (1802–1874) | 30 juni 1846 | 22 februari 1852 | Whig Party | John Russell (1846–1852) | Russell I |
| | | Graaf van Hardwicke Admiraal Charles Yorke (1799–1873) | 22 februari 1852 | 28 december 1852 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1852) | Smith-Stanley I |
| | | Graaf Canning Charles Canning (1812–1862) | 28 december 1852 | 10 december 1855 | Peelite (1852–1855) | George Hamilton -Gordon (1852–1855) | Hamilton-Gordon |
| | | Graaf Canning Charles Canning (1812–1862) | 28 december 1852 | 10 december 1855 | Whig Party (1855) | Henry John Temple (1855–1858) | Temple I |
| | | Hertog van Argyll George Campbell (1823–1900) | 10 december 1855 | 20 februari 1858 | Whig Party | Henry John Temple (1855–1858) | Temple I |
| | | Baron Colchester Charles Abbot (1798–1867) | 20 februari 1858 | 12 juni 1859 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1858–1859) | Smith-Stanley II |
| | | Graaf van Elgin James Bruce (1811–1863) | 12 juni 1859 | 10 mei 1860 | Liberal Party | Henry John Temple (1859–1865) | Temple II |
| | | Baron Stanley van Alderley Edward Stanley (1802–1869) | 10 mei 1860 | 28 juni 1866 | Liberal Party | Henry John Temple (1859–1865) | Temple II |
| | | Baron Stanley van Alderley Edward Stanley (1802–1869) | 10 mei 1860 | 28 juni 1866 | Liberal Party | John Russell (1865–1866) | Russell II |
| | | Hertog van Montrose James Graham (1799–1874) | 28 juni 1866 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1866–1868) | Smith-Stanley III |
| | | Hertog van Montrose James Graham (1799–1874) | 28 juni 1866 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1868) | Disraeli I |
| | | Markies van Hartington Spencer Cavendish (1833–1908) | 3 december 1868 | 10 januari 1871 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I |
| | | William Monsell (1812–1894) | 10 januari 1871 | 30 november 1873 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I |
| | | Lyon Playfair (1818–1898) | 30 november 1873 | 20 februari 1874 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I |
| | | Heer John Manners (1818–1906) | 20 februari 1874 | 23 april 1880 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II |
| | | George Shaw Lefevre (1831–1928) | 23 april 1880 | 23 juni 1885 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885) | Gladstone II |
| | | Heer John Manners (1818–1906) | 23 juni 1885 | 28 januari 1886 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1885–1886) | Gascoyne-Cecil I |
| | | Baron Wolverton George Glyn (1824–1887) | 28 januari 1886 | 20 juli 1886 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1886) | Gladstone III |
| | | Henry Cecil Raikes (1838–1891) | 20 juli 1886 | 24 augustus 1891 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne-Cecil II |
| | | Sir James Fergusson (1832–1907) | 31 augustus 1891 | 15 augustus 1892 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne-Cecil II |
| | | Arnold Morley (1849–1916) | 15 augustus 1892 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1892–1895) | Gladstone IV |
| | | Arnold Morley (1849–1916) | 15 augustus 1892 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | Archibald Primrose (1894–1895) | Primrose |
| | | Hertog van Norfolk Henry Fitzalan- Howard (1847–1917) | 25 juni 1895 | 10 april 1900 | Liberal Unionist Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne-Cecil III |
| | | Markies van Londonderry Charles Vane- Tempest- Stewart (1852–1915) | 10 april 1900 | 12 juli 1902 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne-Cecil III |
| | | Markies van Londonderry Charles Vane- Tempest- Stewart (1852–1915) | 10 april 1900 | 12 juli 1902 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne-Cecil IV |
| | | Sir Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937) | 12 juli 1902 | 19 oktober 1903 | Liberal Unionist Party | Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) | Balfour |
| | | Heer Stanley van Derby Edward Stanley (1865–1948) | 19 oktober 1903 | 5 december 1905 | Conservative Party | Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) | Balfour |
| | | Sydney Buxton (1853–1934) | 5 december 1905 | 10 februari 1910 | Liberal Party | Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1905–1908) | Campbell- Bannerman |
| | | Sydney Buxton (1853–1934) | 5 december 1905 | 10 februari 1910 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith I |
| | | Herbert Samuel (1870–1963) | 10 februari 1910 | 14 februari 1914 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith II |
| | | Herbert Samuel (1870–1963) | 10 februari 1910 | 14 februari 1914 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith III |
| | | Sir Charles Hobhouse (1862–1941) | 14 februari 1914 | 25 mei 1915 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith III |
| | | Herbert Samuel (1870–1963) | 25 mei 1915 | 12 januari 1916 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith IV |
| | | Jack Pease (1860–1943) | 12 januari 1916 | 7 december 1916 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith IV |
| | | Albert Illingworth (1865–1942) | 7 december 1916 | 1 april 1921 | Liberal Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George I |
| | | Albert Illingworth (1865–1942) | 7 december 1916 | 1 april 1921 | Liberal Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George II |
| | | Frederick Kellaway (1870–1933) | 1 april 1921 | 23 oktober 1922 | Liberal Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George II |
| | | Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) | 23 oktober 1922 | 5 februari 1923 | Conservative Party | Bonar Law (1922–1923) | Law |
| | | Sir William Joynson-Hicks (1865–1932) | 5 februari 1923 | 27 augustus 1923 | Conservative Party | Bonar Law (1922–1923) | Law |
| | | Sir William Joynson-Hicks (1865–1932) | 5 februari 1923 | 27 augustus 1923 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924) | Baldwin I |
| | | Sir Laming Worthington- Evans (1868–1931) | 27 augustus 1923 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924) | Baldwin I |
| | | Vernon Hartshorn (1872–1931) | 22 januari 1924 | 3 november 1924 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald I |
| | | Sir William Mitchell- Thomson (1877–1938) | 4 november 1924 | 5 juni 1929 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929) | Baldwin II |
| | | Hastings Lees-Smith (1878–1941) | 5 juni 1929 | 2 maart 1931 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II |
| | | Clement Attlee (1883–1967) | 2 maart 1931 | 26 augustus 1931 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II |
| | | William Ormsby-Gore (1885–1964) | 26 augustus 1931 | 5 november 1931 | Conservative Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald III (Nationaal Kabinet I) |
| Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II) |
| | | Sir Kingsley Wood (1881–1943) | 10 november 1931 | 7 juni 1935 | Conservative Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II) |
| | | Baron Tryon George Tryon (1871–1940) | 7 juni 1935 | 3 april 1940 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) |
| | | Baron Tryon George Tryon (1871–1940) | 7 juni 1935 | 3 april 1940 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) |
| | | Baron Tryon George Tryon (1871–1940) | 7 juni 1935 | 3 april 1940 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain II |
| | | William Morrison (1893–1961) | 3 april 1940 | 7 november 1943 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain II |
| | | William Morrison (1893–1961) | 3 april 1940 | 7 november 1943 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I |
| | | Harry Crookshank (1893–1961) | 7 november 1943 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I |
| | | Harry Crookshank (1893–1961) | 7 november 1943 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill II |
| | | Graaf van Listowel William Hare (1906–1997) | 26 juli 1945 | 17 april 1947 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I |
| | | Wilfred Paling (1883–1971) | 17 april 1947 | 28 februari 1950 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I |
| | | Ness Edwards (1897–1968) | 28 februari 1950 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee II |
| | | Graaf De La Warr Herbrand Sackville (1900–1976) | 26 oktober 1951 | 5 april 1955 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III |
| | | Charles Hill (1904–1989) | 5 april 1955 | 10 januari 1957 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden |
| | | Ernest Marples (1907–1978) | 10 januari 1957 | 14 oktober 1959 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I |
| | | Reginald Bevins (1908–1996) | 14 oktober 1959 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II |
| | | Reginald Bevins (1908–1996) | 14 oktober 1959 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) | Douglas-Home |
| | | Tony Benn (1925–2014) | 16 oktober 1964 | 4 juli 1966 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson I |
| | | Tony Benn (1925–2014) | 16 oktober 1964 | 4 juli 1966 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II |
| | | Ted Short (1912–2012) | 4 juli 1966 | 6 april 1968 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II |
| | | Roy Mason (1924–2015) | 6 april 1968 | 1 juli 1968 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II |
| | | John Stonehouse (1925–1988) | 1 juli 1968 | 1 oktober 1969 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Afgetreden
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister voor Ierland
* ↑ Overleden tijdens ambtstermijn
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Financiën
* 1 2 Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Lokale Zaken
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Binnenlandse Zaken
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot thesaurier-generaal
* 1 2 Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Volksgezondheid
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Onderwijs
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot kanselier van het Hertogdom Lancaster
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister voor Technologie
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister voor Energie