Postmaster General

Postmaster-General. The head of the Post-office, whose appointment and powers are regulated by the (English) Post Office Acts, 1908 to 1920 and the (English) Post Office (Amendment) Act, 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 15). He acts in a corporate capacity (Post Office Act, 1908, s. 33), and for the purpose of holding land is a corporation sole. See CORPORA-TION, s. 45, ibid. He is usually one of the Ministry, and may sit in the House of Commons (see 29 & 30 Vict. c. 55), and if an Assistant Postmaster-General is appointed he can sit and vote in the House of Commons by virtue of the Assistant Postmaster-General Act, 1909. There were two before 1822, when one was abolished.