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About Charles Chubb

Charles Chubb died 1845 (Dictionary of National Biography)

Locksmith who started business at Winchester in the hardware trade and then moved first to Portsea and then London, where he founded the firm of Chubb & Sons at St. Paul's Churchyard (later of Queen Victoria Street.)

He was the first patentee of improvements in the well-known form of 'detector' locks, originally patented by his brother Jeremiah on 3 feb 1818. Charles patented further improvements in 1824, 1828 and 1833, and also took out patents for fire and burglar proof safes. He died at his residence, Barnsbury Road, Islington on 16 May 1845.

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Charles Chubb's Timeline

1779
1779
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1804
1804
St. John's, Portsea, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1806
1806
St. John's, Portsea, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1807
1807
St. John's, Portsea, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1809
1809
St. John's, Portsea, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1810
1810
St. John's, Portsea, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1812
1812
Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
1813
1813
St. John's, Portsea, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1816
December 10, 1816
St. John's, Portsea, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)