Grubb, Sir Howard, Parsons & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Grubb, Charles
- Grubb, Sir Thomas
- Grubb, Sir Howard, & Co Ltd
- Parsons, Sir Charles A
- Parsons, C A, & Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, North East, England
Sectors:
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Precision instruments production
Optical equipment inc eyewear production
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Mechanical engineering
Printing machinery production
Notes:
An Ireland based business that traced origins to Charles Grubb at Dublin in c1830. Became a world leader in design and manufacture of large scale telescopes but designed/made other machinery including printing machines for Bank of Ireland. Succeeded by his son (Sir) Thomas Grubb, d1931, and sometime traded as Sir Howard Grubb & Sons Ltd. In liquidation 1925 when acquired by Sir Charles A Parsons of C A Parsons & Co Ltd of Newcastle. As Sir Howard Grubb Parsons & Co Ltd, continued to make observatory instruments until 1985
Publications:
- Two Fathers and Two Sons. by Manville, G E
- Victorian Telescope Makers. The lives and letters of Thomas and Howard Grubb by Glass, I S
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Grubb, Charles
- Grubb, Sir Thomas
- Grubb, Sir Howard, & Co Ltd
- Parsons, Sir Charles A
- Parsons, C A, & Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, North East, England
Sectors:
- Precision instruments production Optical equipment inc eyewear production
- Mechanical engineering Printing machinery production
Notes:
An Ireland based business that traced origins to Charles Grubb at Dublin in c1830. Became a world leader in design and manufacture of large scale telescopes but designed/made other machinery including printing machines for Bank of Ireland. Succeeded by his son (Sir) Thomas Grubb, d1931, and sometime traded as Sir Howard Grubb & Sons Ltd. In liquidation 1925 when acquired by Sir Charles A Parsons of C A Parsons & Co Ltd of Newcastle. As Sir Howard Grubb Parsons & Co Ltd, continued to make observatory instruments until 1985Publications:
- Two Fathers and Two Sons. by Manville, G E
- Victorian Telescope Makers. The lives and letters of Thomas and Howard Grubb by Glass, I S