Career
He conceived of the Postal Order in 1874 though it was 1 January 1881 before the first "post office notes" finally went on sale. Chetwynd"s scheme was so successful that when the scheme started, around 1.5 million noted were printed by Bradbury Wilkinson but another million had to be printed by the end of 1881. He died at Blackheath, London, aged 58.