John Chubb (10 December 1816 – 30 October 1872), was an English

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and inventor who patented many improvements to locks, safes and strong rooms. He succeeded his father Charles Chubb, who had founded the family company of Chubb & Son. He wrote an important paper on locks and keys, for which he was awarded the Telford Medal in 1850 by the

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. He married twice. His three sons John, George and Henry succeeded him in running the business, of whom George became Baron Hayter of Chislehurst in 1928.

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