"The following details concerning the early Postmasters of the Island of Tobago are taken from two volumes in the G.P.O. Records namely: (1) Commission Book 1759-1854 and (2) Appointments Book 1816 to end of 1850.
1772 23rd September. George KIRKUP, appointed deputy Postmaster Tobago. (Salary £50)
1793 1st November. Charles Alfred FRANCKLYN, appointed deputy Postmaster.
1803 16th September. Henry FRANCKLYN, appointed deputy Postmaster (Salary £20 per cent on net revenue to commence and take effect from the time of arrival of the first mail from Falmouth i.e. after the French left the Island on 23rd July 1803 presumably).
1808 5th January. George MACKINTOSH succeeded Henry FRANCKLYN who had resigned as Postmaster.
1810 7th March. John BUCHANAN appointed Postmaster when George MACKINTOSH died pending the approval of the Lords Postmasters General.
1816 25th June. Charles A. FRANCKLYN appointed formerly in the same office, i.e. 1793. Resigned 14th March 1827.
1827 25th March. Duncan McKELLAR appointed. Resigned 9th August 1834.
1834 10th November. Charles Isaac LE PLASTRIER appointed.
1860 1st May. Tobago took over her own Post Office from the Imperial Post Office. As he had for over 20 years efficiently conducted and transacted the postal business of the Island 'in a mild, effective, and successful manner' Charles Isaac LE PLASTRIER was appointed Colonial Postmaster."See 'As it was in Tobago' by the late Rev. C. S. Morton (Gibbons Monthly Journal Nov. 1925 - July 1926).
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