See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• CUBITT, SIR WILLIAM (1785-1861)
• THOMAS CUBITT (1788-1855)

CUBITT (1788-1855)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English builder, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BUXTON
• BUXTON, JEDEDIAH (1707–1772)
• BUXTON, SIR THOMAS POWELL (1786-1845)

Buxton, near See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich, on the 25th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1788 . Few men have exhibited greater self-reliance in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life in the pursuit of a successful career . In his nineteenth See also:

• YEAR

year, when he was working as a journeyman See also:

• CARPENTER, LANT (1780-1840)
• CARPENTER, MIRY (1807-1877)
• CARPENTER, WILLIAM BENJAMIN (1813-1885)

carpenter, his See also:

• FATHER

father died, and he tried to better his position by going on a voyage to See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, as See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain's joiner . He returned to See also:

• LONDON

London, two years after, in the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of a small See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, and began business as a carpenter . The growth of his See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment was steady and rapid . He was one of the first to combine several trades in a ",builder's " business; and this very much increased his success . One of the earlier See also:

• WORKS

works which gave him reputation was the London Institution in Fins-See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

bury See also:

• CIRCUS (Lat. circus, Gr. Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)

Circus; but it is from 1824 that the vast See also:

• BUILDING

building operations date which identify his name with many splendid ranges of London houses, such as See also:

• TAVISTOCK

Tavistock,See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon, Belgrave and See also:

• LOWNDES, THOMAS (1692-1748)
• LOWNDES, WILLIAM THOMAS (1798-1843)

Lowndes Squares, and the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Belgravia . While these and similar extensive operations were in progress, a See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial panic, which proved ruinous to many, was surmounted in his See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case by a determined spirit and his integrity of See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . He took See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• INTEREST

interest in sanitary See also:

• MEASURES

measures, and published, for private circulation, a pamphlet on the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general drainage of London, the substance of which was afterwards embodied in a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to The Times; the See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan he advocated was subsequently adopted by the See also:

• CONVEYANCE

conveyance of the sewage See also:

• MATTER

matter some distance below London . He advocated the See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision of open spaces in the environs of London as places of public recreation, and was one of the originators of See also:

• BATTERSEA

Battersea See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park, the first of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people's parks . At a See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he received professionally the recognition of See also:

• ROYALTY (0. Fr. realte, reialte, royaulte, from Med. Lat. regalitas, the substantive of regalis, of or belonging to a king, rex)

royalty, the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace at See also:

• OSBORNE

Osborne being erected after his designs, and under his superintendence; and in the Life of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• CONSORT (Lat. consors, a companion)

Consort he is described by See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria as one " than whom a better and kinder See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man did not exist." In 1851, although he was not identified with the management of the Great See also:

• EXHIBITION

Exhibition, he showed the warmest sympathy with its See also:

• OBJECTS

objects, and aided its projectors in many ways, especially in the profitable investment of their surplus funds . See also:

• CUBITT, SIR WILLIAM (1785-1861)
• CUBITT, THOMAS (1788-1855)

Cubitt, when he See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to be a capitalist, never forgot the interests and well-being of his workpeople .

He was elected See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Builders' Society some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time before his See also:

• DEATH

death, which took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at his seat Denbies, near See also:

• DORKING

Dorking, on the loth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1855• His son, See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Cubitt (1828- ), who had a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and useful See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary career, as Conservative member for See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey (1860-1865) and See also:

• MID

Mid-Surrey (1885-1892), was in 1892 raised to the See also:

• PEERAGE
• PEERAGE (Fr. pairage, med. Lat. paragium; M.E. Pere, 0. Fr. per, peer, later pair; Lat. Paris, " equal ")

peerage as See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron Ashcombe .