William Leader Maberly (1798–1885) spent most of his life as a British army officer and Whig[1] politician.
He was the eldest child of John Maberly (1777–1845), a currier, clothing manufacturer, banker and MP, who had made and lost a fortune in a lifetime.
In 1836, he was appointed as joint secretary to the General Post Office, where he strongly opposed the introduction of the Penny Post, a plan championed by Rowland Hill to charge a fixed price for postage (as is now the normal practice in most of the world).
Their only child, William Anson Robert Maberly, died at the age of 29 in the Isle of Wight.
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