Mike Birks and I are putting together a book of what we hope will be the most comprehensive list of signatures of all those authorised to used the Free Post system in the UK from 1832-1840. We need the help of collectors of Free Franked items in this quest and if you know of anyone who might be able to help, then please forward this message to them.
We have 16 more to find:
Edward Hamlyn ADAMS MP Carmarthenshire 1833-34. 30 April 1777 – 1842
John Edmund de BEAUVOIR MP Windsor 1835. 10 December 1794 – 29 April 1869
William CHRISTMAS MP Waterford City 1832-35 & 1841-42. c.1798 – 22 March 1867
William Sydney CLEMENTS MP Leitrim 1839-47. 15 October 1806 – 2 April 1878
Frederick George HOWARD MP 1832-34. 8 June 1805 – 18 November 1834
Ebeneezer JACOB MP Dungarvan 1834-35. d.c.1839
Augustus Henry Moreton MACDONALD MP Gloucestershire West 1832-35 and Gloucestershire East 1835-41. 24 June 1804 – 14 February 1862
John McCANCE MP Belfast 1835. 1772 – 11 August 1835
Owen Jones Ellis-NANNEY MP Caernarvon Boroughs 1832. 27 September 1790 – 27 October 1870
Patrick POWER MP County Waterford 1835. d. 25 August 1835
James Halpin RORKE MP County Longford 1832-33. c.1795 – 1849
Daniel Keyte SANDFORD MP Paisley 1834-35. 3 February 1798 – 4 February 1838
Arthur Marcus Cecil SANDYS MP Newry 1832-35 and Evesham 1838-52. 28 January 1798 – 10 April 1863
William Villiers STUART MP County Waterford 1835-37. 21 August 1804 – 7 November 1873
Cadwallader WADDY MP County Wexford 3 July-29 Dec.1834. 15 February 1783 – 7 February 1843
Horatio William WALPOLE MP Norfolk East 1835-37. 18 April 1813 – 7 December 1894
If you have examples of any of these in your collection then please let me know. Preferably with an image of the Frank and your permission to publish it. Send it to me at secretary@postalhistory.org.uk All contributors will be acknowledged in the final book.
We hope to hear from you!
Thanking you in anticipation. Marc Oxley & Mike Birks