See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• CHARLES CHUBB (d. 1845)
• CHUBB, THOMAS (1679-1946)

CHUBB (d. 1845)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English locksmith, started a hardware business at See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester, subsequently removing to Portsea . Here he improved on the " detector " See also:

• LOCK (from the O. Eng. loc.; the word appears, in different forms, in many Teutonic languages, but with such various meanings as " hole," Ger. Loch, " lid," Swed. lock, &c.; probably the original was a root meaning " to enclose ")
• LOCK, MATTHIAS

lock (q.v.), originally patented in 1818 by his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, See also:

• JEREMIAH

Jeremiah See also:

• CHUBB, CHARLES (d. 1845)
• CHUBB, THOMAS (1679-1946)

Chubb . He soon moved to See also:

• LONDON

London and then to See also:

• WOLVERHAMPTON
• WOLVERHAMPTON, HENRY HARTLEY FOWLER

Wolverhampton, where he employed two See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred hands . In 1835 he patented a See also:

• PROCESS

process intended to render See also:

• SAFES

safes (q.v.) burglar-See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof and fireproof, and subsequently established a large safe-factory in London . He died on the 16th of May 1845, and was succeeded in the business by his son, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Chubb (1816-1872), who patented various improvements in the products of the See also:

• FIRM

firm and largely increased its output . The factories were combined under one roof in a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model plant, and the business See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew to enormous proportions . After John Chubb's See also:

• DEATH

death the business was converted into a limited See also:

• COMPANY

company under the management of his three sons .