MP, Postmaster General, in 1886 - 91. One of the first British politicians to have his voice recorded for posterity, by Thomas Edison's British agent.
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Henry Cecil Raikes
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Henry Raikes keystone
Raikes was the Postmaster General who commissioned this building for the Gene...
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Penny Post - 1890 jubilee
This stone was laid by the Right Honourable Henry Cecil Raikes, M. P., Her Ma...
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