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Among early customers were the Bank of England, the king, and the duke of Wellington, who called upon Chubb locksmiths to pick open his front door to Aspley House and to supply four new locks in 1828.
Charles Chubb (died May 16, 1845, Islington, London, Eng.) 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 other ...
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Dec 6, 2021 · Charles Chubb was a staunch Wesleyan Methodist, known for his donations to charity, although it appears the extent of his generosity may not have extended to his own family: it appears...
1818 - Charles and his brother: Jeremiah Chubb patent the 'Detector Lock'. c. 1820 - establishes offices at 24 St Paul's Churchyard, London, England. Customers include the Bank of England, the King, and Duke of Wellington.
Mr. Charles Chubb, who was born at Fordingbridge, Hampshire, in 1773, was associated during the early years of the last century with his brother Jeremiah Chubb in business at Portsmouth as a ship's outfitter and ironmonger.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHUBB 1818 - 1990s. Charles Chubb and his younger brother Jeremiah, were born at Fordingbridge in Hampshire; Charles in 1772 and Jeremiah in 1790. Having been apprenticed as a blacksmith, Charles opened a business in Winchester before moving with his brother to Daniel Street, Portsea, now part of the Naval Dockyard area of ...
1828 Jeremiah Chubb, having lived in America as a machinist, returned to Britain. 1830 Charles established a lock factory in Temple Street, Wolverhampton. This led to great rivalry between Chubb and other Wolverhampton locksmiths, resulting in lock-picking contests held in public.
