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Cubitt Family
Cubitt is a surname, and may refer to: *Bertram Cubitt KCB (1862–1942), civil servant in the British War Office * Clayton James Cubitt, a.k.a. SIEGE, American art photographer *David Cubitt (born 1965), Canadian television actor * Eleni Cubitt, film maker born in Greece *George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe (1828–1917), British politician, the son of architect Thomas Cubitt *Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe CB, TD (1867–1947), politician in the United Kingdom *Henry Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe, (1924–2013), British peer *Henry Cubitt Gooch (1871–1959), British barrister, educationalist and Conservative politician * Hilton Cubitt, key character in ''The Adventure of the Dancing Men'', a Sherlock Holmes short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle *James Cubitt (1836–1912), architect of non-conformist chapels *Joseph Cubitt (died 1872), English civil engineer * Les Cubitt (1893–1968), Australian representative rugby league player *Lewis Cubitt (1799–1883), English civil engineer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertram Cubitt
Sir Bertram Blakiston Cubitt (20 August 1862 – 23 September 1942) was a civil servant in the British War Office. Family Bertram Cubitt was the eldest son of Major Frank Astley Cubitt and his wife Bertha, daughter of Captain Thomas Blakiston of the Royal Navy. The family resided at Thorpe Hall in Norwich, with an estate at Fritton, near Yarmouth. His father came from a family of rural gentry, and had attended Rugby and Jesus College, Cambridge before entering the Army in 1853. He saw service in the Indian Mutiny before returning to England, and retired from the Army in 1889. He later served as a Justice of the Peace and chair of the local district council. Cubitt's youngest brother, Thomas, also joined the Army, rising to command a division during the First World War and finishing his career as Governor of Bermuda. Career Cubitt was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1885. He joined the War Office in 1886. From 1890 to 1891 he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosalind Maud Cubitt
Rosalind Maud Shand (' Cubitt; 11 August 1921 – 14 July 1994) was a British charity worker and aristocrat, daughter of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe. She was the wife of army officer Major Bruce Shand and the mother of Queen Camilla. Childhood Rosalind was born at 16 Grosvenor Street, London, on 11 August 1921, the eldest of the three children born to Roland Calvert Cubitt (1899–1962) and his wife Sonia Rosemary Cubitt (''née'' Keppel; 1900–1986). Her father was the son of Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe, and became 3rd Baron Ashcombe after his death. Rosalind's mother Sonia was the youngest daughter of George Keppel and his wife, Alice Frederica Keppel (née Edmonstone). Rosalind had two younger siblings: Henry Cubitt, who succeeded his father as the 4th Baron Ashcombe and Jeremy Cubitt, who died in 1958 at the age of 30. Her family was the aristocratic and wealthy Cubitt family, which founded the Cubitt construction company. She was a goddaughter of Dam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accubita
''Accubitum'' (plural: ''accubita'') was one name for the ancient Roman furniture couches used in the time of the Roman emperors, in the ''triclinium'' or dining room, for reclining upon at meals. It was also apparently sometimes the name of the dining room itself, or a niche for a couch. Sometimes it denotes a multi-person curved couch, for which the term stibadium is also used. Klinai is the Greek equivalent, sometimes also used. The mattresses and feather-beds were softer and higher, and the supports (''fulcra'') of them lower in proportion, than in older triclinium couches. The cloths and pillows spread over them, and over beds, were called ''accubitalia''.Aelius Lampridius, ''Augustan History The ''Historia Augusta'' (English: ''Augustan History'') is a late Roman collection of biographies, written in Latin, of the Roman emperors, their junior colleagues, designated heirs and usurpers from 117 to 284. Supposedly modeled on the sim ...'', "Antoninus Heliogabalus" (P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cubitt And Company
Holland, Hannen & Cubitts was a major building firm responsible for many of the great buildings of London. History The company was formed from the fusion of two well-established building houses that had competed throughout the later decades of the nineteenth century but came together in 1883: this was implemented by Holland & Hannen acquiring Cubitts, a business founded by Thomas Cubitt some 70 years before.''Cubitts 1810 - 1975'', published 1975 During the Second World War the company was one of the contractors engaged in building the Mulberry harbour units. In the 1960s, when Lord Ashcombe was the Chairman of the company, it held a major stake in ACI Property Corporation, the developer for the Le Cartier Apartments in Montreal. The company was acquired by Drake & Gorham Scull in 1969 and then by Tarmac in 1976 and subsequently integrated into Tarmac Construction. Major projects The combined business went on to construct many important buildings and structures including t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Cubitt (K512)
HMS ''Cubitt'' (K512) was a of the British Royal Navy that served during World War II. The ship was laid down as a at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts on 9 June 1943, with the hull number DE-83, and launched on 11 September 1943. The ship was transferred to the UK under Lend-Lease on 17 November 1943, and named after Captain J. Cubitt, a Navy officer who commanded the frigate in 1661. Service history ''Cubitt'' was assigned to Nore Command, serving in the 21st Escort Group based at Harwich. She did not take part in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, but was afterwards deployed escorting convoys to and from the landing beaches. Towards the end of 1944 ''Cubitt'' became a Coastal Forces Control Frigate (CFCF), controlling a flotilla of Motor Torpedo Boats operating in the Channel and North Sea to counter the threat of enemy E-Boats. In February 1945 ''Cubitt'' was refitted at Tilbury. Her 2-pounder "pom pom" bow chaser was removed, the two 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cubitt Town
Cubitt Town is a district on the eastern side of the Isle of Dogs in London, England. This part of the former Metropolitan Borough of Poplar was redeveloped as part of the Port of London in the 1840s and 1850s by William Cubitt, Lord Mayor of London (1860–1862), after whom it is named. It is on the east of the Isle, facing the Royal Borough of Greenwich across the River Thames. To the west is Millwall, to the east and south is Greenwich, to the northwest Canary Wharf, and to the north — across the Blue Bridge — is Blackwall. The district is situated within the Blackwall & Cubitt Town Ward of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council. History It is named after William Cubitt, Lord Mayor of London (1860–1862), who was responsible for the development of the housing and amenities of the area in the 1840s and 1850s, mainly to house the growing population of workers in the local docks, shipbuilding yards and factories. As it grew, Cubitt also created many local businesses employi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cubitt Artists
Cubitt Artists is a British artist-run art gallery, artist studios and art educator, founded in 1991. Cubitt was first located in Goods Way in London's Kings Cross area, moved to Cubitt Street (from which it takes its current name), later to Caledonia Street, and is now located at Angel. Cubitt Gallery The Cubitt Gallery is funded by Arts Council England allowing it to offer the 18-month Cubitt Curatorial Fellowship to emerging curators (previously named the Curatorial Bursary from 2001 to 2015). Past Cubitt curators are: * Polly Staple (July 2001 – January 2003) * Emily Pethick (March 2003 – August 2004) * David Bussel (September 2004 – February 2006) * Tom Morton (April 2006 – August 2007) * Bart van der Heide (October 2007 – March 2009) * Michelle Cotton (April 2009 – November 2010) * Fiona Parry (December 2010 – May 2012) * Jamie Stevens (June 2012 – December 2013) * Fatima Hellberg (January 2014 – June 2015) * Morgan Quaintance (July 2015 – Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cubitt (car)
Cubitt was a British motor vehicle manufactured in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire from 1920 to 1925. Around 3,000 vehicles were built. History The Cubitts Engineering Co. Ltd. was originally a construction company which built much of Central London - Covent Garden Market, the Cenotaph and the 'new' east wing of Buckingham Palace. It had been founded by Thomas Cubitt around 1815, in association with his brothers William and Lewis. In 1883 the business was acquired by Holland & Hannen, a leading competitor, and became known as Holland & Hannen and Cubitts and subsequently as Holland, Hannen & Cubitts.''Cubitts 1810 - 1975'', published 1975 In 1920 they began manufacturing motor vehicles at the Great Southern Works on the Bicester Road in Aylesbury under the name Cubitt, completing circa 3,000 motor vehicles between 1920 and 1925. Cubitt employed mass production techniques to compete with the flood of American imports, and they openly stated that it was an American type car, simple an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William George Cubitt
Colonel William George Cubitt, (19 October 1835 – 25 January 1903) was a senior officer in the British Indian Army and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Military career Cubitt was born in Calcutta, the son of an Indian Army officer. After an education in England, Cubitt entered the Indian Army as an ensign in the 13th Bengal Native Infantry, Bengal Army, on 26 July 1853. Cubitt was 21 years old, and a lieutenant in the 13th Bengal Native Infantry when, during the Indian Mutiny, the following deed took place at the siege of Lucknow, for which he was awarded the VC. After the Indian Mutiny, Cubitt continued to serve with the Indian Army and, in 1880, was with the Khyber line force during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Promoted colonel in July 1883, he served with the Akha Expedition in 1883–84, and in the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1886–87, during which he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cubitt (politician)
William Cubitt (1791 – 28 October 1863), lord mayor of London, was an English engineering contractor and Conservative Party politician. Career William was a partner in the building firm established by his elder brother, Thomas Cubitt, at Gray's Inn Road but in about 1827 the partnership was dissolved leaving William solely in charge of the business. William built Covent Garden completed in 1830 and Fishmongers' Hall completed in 1834. He also built the portico and the original station buildings at Euston completed in 1837. He was also responsible for the reclaiming and development of Cubitt Town in southern Poplar on the Isle of Dogs completed in 1850. He retired completely from the business in 1851. In 1883 the business was acquired by Holland & Hannen, a leading competitor, and the combined business became known as Holland & Hannen and Cubitts and subsequently as Holland, Hannen & Cubitts. William also had a younger brother, Lewis, a leading designer of his day. Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cubitt (British Army Officer)
Major General Sir William George Cubitt, (born Q1, 1959 in Kensington) is a former senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding London District and Major-General commanding the Household Division from 2007 until his retirement in 2011. Military career Cubitt was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1977. He transferred to the Irish Guards in 1998. In 1999 he served in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services during the Kosovo War and in 2004 he served in Northern Ireland and was advanced to Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services in the final stages of Operation Banner. He was promoted to major general and appointed Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District in 2007. He was invested by the Queen as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order on relinquishing his appointment on 29 June 2011. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cubitt
Sir William Cubitt FRS (bapt. 9 October 1785 – 13 October 1861) was an eminent English civil engineer and millwright. Born in Norfolk, England, he was employed in many of the great engineering undertakings of his time. He invented a type of windmill sail and the prison treadwheel, and was employed as chief engineer, at Ransomes of Ipswich, before moving to London. He worked on canals, docks, and railways, including the South Eastern Railway and the Great Northern Railway. He was the chief engineer of Crystal Palace erected at Hyde Park in 1851. He was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers between 1850 and 1851. Early life Cubitt was born in Dilham, Norfolk, the son of Joseph Cubitt of Bacton Wood, a miller, and Hannah Lubbock. He attended the village school. His father moved to Southrepps, and William at an early age was employed in the mill, but in 1800 was apprenticed to James Lyon, a cabinet-maker at Stalham, from whom he parted after four years. At Bacton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
