William Leader Maberley (1798–1885)

Army officer, politician, and civil /servant. Served in the army, 1815–81, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. MP for Westbury, 1819–20; Northampton, 1820–30; Shaftesbury, 1831–2; Chatham, 1832–4. Secretary of the Post Office, 1836–54. Opposed the Post Office reforms that Rowland Hill proposed following Hill’s appointment as secretary to the postmaster-general in 1846. At the Board of Audit, 1854–66.