In July 1655, the Post Office was put under the direct government control of John Thurloe, a Secretary of State, best known to history as Cromwell's spymaster general. Manley was given a monopoly on the postal service, which was effectively enforced by Protector Oliver Cromwell's government, and thanks to the improvements necessitated by the war, Manley ran a much improved Post Office service. In 1653, Parliament set aside all previous grants for postal services, and contracts were let for the inland and foreign mails to John Manley. To keep his monopoly in those troubled times Prideaux improved efficiency and used both legal impediments and illegal methods. In the 1640s, Parliament removed the monopoly from Witherings and during the Civil War and First Commonwealth the parliamentary postal service was run at great profit for himself by Edmund Prideaux (a prominent parliamentarian and lawyer who rose to be attorney-general). The monopoly was farmed out to Thomas Witherings. The Royal Mail service was first made available to the public by Charles I on 31 July 1635, with postage being paid by the recipient. One of his first acts from London was to establish the royal postal service between London and Edinburgh, in an attempt to retain control over the Scottish Privy Council.
Upon his accession to the throne of England at the Union of the Crowns in 1603, James VI moved his court to London. The Royal Mail can trace its history back to 1516, when Henry VIII established a "Master of the Posts", a position that was renamed " Postmaster General" in 1710.
Lower Edmonton Royal Mail sorting office, in London It is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The UK government initially retained a 30% stake in Royal Mail, but sold its remaining shares in 2015, ending 499 years of state ownership. Following the Postal Services Act 2011, a majority of the shares in Royal Mail were floated on the London Stock Exchange in 2013. įor most of its history, the Royal Mail was a public service, operating as a government department or public corporation. Royal Mail generally aims to make first class deliveries the next business day throughout the nation. Deliveries are made at least once every day except Sundays and bank holidays at uniform charges for all UK destinations. Royal Mail owns and maintains the UK's distinctive red pillar boxes, first introduced in 1852 (12 years after the first postage stamp, Penny Black), many of which bear the royal cypher of the reigning monarch. Letters and parcels are deposited in post or parcel boxes, or are collected in bulk from businesses and transported to Royal Mail sorting offices. The company provides mail collection and delivery services throughout the UK.
The group used the name Consignia for a brief period in the early 2000s and Royal Mail until October 2022. GLS Group, an international logistics company, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Mail Group.
The company's subsidiary Royal Mail Group Limited operates the brands Royal Mail (letters and parcels) and Parcelforce Worldwide (parcels). International Distributions Services plc is a British multinational postal service and courier company, originally established in 1516 as a government department.
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