Chubb and Son's Lock and Safe Company Limited 1818 - 1984

1804 Chubbs started as a ship's ironmonger, established by Charles Chubb in Winchester

1818 - company founded by Charles and Jeremiah Chubb in Portsea, Hampshire and then moved into the locksmith business in Wolverhampton with a purpose built factory on Railway Street.

1835 - manufacturing burglar proof safes

1836 - company moved to London

1837 - opened their first safe works at 27 Cowcross Street, close to Smithfield Market in London and a safe factory in Glengall Road, Old Kent Road, London.

1851 - located in St. Paul's Churchyard, London; 68 St James Street, London SW

1896 - subsidiary companies established in South Africa and Australia

1914 - Chubb and Sons Lock and Safe Company of 128 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC

1947 - Chubb and Sons Lock and Safe Company of 40-42 Oxford Street, London, W1

1951 - incorporate as a private company Chubb and Sons Lock and Safe Company Limited

1956 - acquired Bob Hart and Co Ltd., the lock and safe maker

1965 - acquired Josiah Parkes and Sons, lock makers.

1967 - acquired Pyrene Co

1984 - The Chubb & Sons Lock & Safe Co. Ltd. was taken over by Racal Electronics Group. Chubb continued under the registered name of Chubb & Sons Lock & Safe Co. Ltd.

1986 - Racal acknowledged the strength of the Chubb name by renaming the whole group of companies Racal-Chubb Products Ltd.. 1992 - de-merged from Racal to form Chubb Security PLC

1997 - sold to Williams Holdings PLC

2000 - Assa-Abloy, a Swedish-based lock manufacturer, acquired Chubb’s Lock Security Group.

2000 - de-merged from Williams to become Chubb plc.

2003 - acquired by the United Technologies Corporation

2006 - merged into the Mul-T-Lock group within Assa-Abloy