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Born in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, he trained as a blacksmith who started a hardware business at Winchester then moved to Portsea, Portsmouth. Here he improved on the "detector" lock, originally patented in 1818 by his brother, Jeremiah Chubb. [1]
Feb 1, 2024 · Charles Chubb (1772 1846) the founder of the Chubb Safes company. 1 In 1818, Charles and his brother Jeremiah Chubb embarked on an innovative journey in England, shaping the future of security. Starting as blacksmiths, their path soon intersected with the world of security.
Charles Chubb was a British inventor and entrepreneur, founder of the locksmith firm of Chubb & Son (now Chubb & Son PLC), which in the 20th century became a major corporation manufacturing and distributing locks, safes, alarms, fire extinguishers, security systems, surveillance equipment, and
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CHUBB, CHARLES ( d. 1846), locksmith, started in business at Winchester in the hardware trade, moved thence to Portsea, and afterwards came to London, where he founded the firm of Chubb & Sons, formerly of St. Paul's Churchyard, but now of Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
The Chubb lock is a type of lock that was developed in the early 1800s by Charles and Robert Chubb. The Chubb brothers were English locksmiths who crafted some of the most secure locks in the world.
Dec 6, 2021 · Jeremiah Chubb was born in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, on June 10, 1790, 18 years after his older brother Charles. Having served an apprenticeship as a blacksmith, Charles set up in business...
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Oct 26, 2016 · Charles Chubb was born in Fordingbridge, Hampshire in 1779 and together with his brother Jeremiah who was born in 1793, was apprenticed as a blacksmith. The brothers opened their first business in Winchester but soon moved to Daniel Street, Portsea where they set up a hardware manufactory.