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Person    | Male  Born 18/11/1838  Died 24/8/1891

Henry Cecil Raikes

Henry Cecil Raikes

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 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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