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Who is the current MP of the constituency that includes a park which was built by an early Postmaster General for his wife, who also held the Postmaster patent after his death?
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#119003. Asked by Datsmeharse. (Nov 28 10 10:46 AM)
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Datsmeharse
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Sometimes the answer comes from above, but admittedly sometimes from below. There have been very very very very few women involved with Postmaster Generalship.
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Datsmeharse
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Very very very very very very very very few! Very!
There's even a wikipedia page that lists all the Postmasters General, and I do believe the philatelically challenged or even an American could spot the woman among that riff-raff! (I'm an American, and I spotted her within the first three attempts!)
Or, as I said above, simply look below.
I certainly don't want to turn this into some sort of Spanish Inquisition, I don't think you'd expect that...
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Datsmeharse
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Ok, well I'm not going to make myself horse about it...
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Datsmeharse
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Can always rely on you for a touch of class QP.
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serpa
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Daniel O'Neill (c. 1612-1664) was a Member of Parliament from 1662 to 1665 and Postmaster General from 1663-1667. In 1662, he married his old friend, the Countess of Chesterfield and built Belsize Park for her. (Note: the dates don't match with his death).
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_O%27Neill_(royalist)
Katherine Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield was his wife and replaced him as Postmaster General from 1664-1667.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Stanhope,_Countess_of_Chesterfield
Much thanks to queproblema!
Belsize Park is an area of north-west London, England, in the London Borough of Camden.... Belsize Park is in the Hampstead and Highgate constituency for which the present MP is Glenda Jackson.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belsize_Park
Before politics she was an actress. Among many of her awards she twice won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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