Charles Edward Chubb QC (1845 - 1930)

Born 17 May 1845 in London, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Christian Westgarth (Macarthur) Chubb — married 9 Jun 1870 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Died 27 Feb 1930 at age 84 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Preceded by Pope Alexander Cooper

Hon Charles E Chubb, QC Parliament of Queensland: Member for Bowen 1883–1888

Succeeded by Robert Harrison Smith

Biography

Charles Chubb QC is Notable.

Justice The Honourable Charles E Chubb, QC, was was a Judge in the Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia. He was also a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and an Attorney-General of Queensland in the Mcllwraith Ministry of 1883.

Life Events

Charles Chubb QC was born in London, Middlesex, England.

Charles Edward Chubb was born on the 17th May 1845, in Greys Inn Rd, Middlesex, England, the son of Charles Frederick Chubb, a solicitor, and his wife Sarah, née Bennett.

On the 30th March 1851, the Chubb family — consisting of Charles Frederick (29), Attorney and Solicitor; Sarah (27); Charles Edward (5); Florence Marian (1); Plymouth, Devon-born Lyttelton Thomas Saunders Chubb (21), clerk to Attorney; Leicester Square, Middlesex-born Eliza Horsford (28) Cook; and Haymarket, Middlesex-born Lucey Brittan (19), housemaid — was living at 2 Myrtle Villa, Bridge Road, Battersea, Surrey.^[1]

Charles Chubb QC migrated from England to Queensland, Australia.

At some point in 1857 the Chubb family packed up and emigrated to the Southern Hemisphere, where the elder Charles set up as a solicitor in the Ipswich region of the soon to be proclaimed Colony of Queensland (later working and lobbying for Ipswich to become a municipality, which succeeded in 1860). The younger Charles—having begun his education at a local seminary in Battersea, Surrey, followed by Calne Grammar School, Wiltshire, England, and the City of London School—joined the family at age 16, and finished his schooling at Ipswich Collegiate School, after which he was articled to his father, becoming a solicitor in his own right in 1867 and called to the Bar in 1878.

He married Christian Westgarth Macarthur, eldest daughter of Patrick Macarthur, Esq., Police Magistrate of Ipswich, on the 9th June 1870, in the bride's family home in Ipswich, Queensland,^[2] subsequently having six children, five daughters, and one son:

1. Florence Marguerite Lyttelton (1871–1872)
2. Geraldine Playne Lyttelton (1872–1948 (North))
3. Montague Chares Lyttelton (1874–1920)
4. Ethel Marion Lyttelton (1876–1885)
5. Elizabeth Clare Lyttelton (1881–1950 (Langberg))
6. Unnamed female (1888–1888)

Having on occasion been appointed acting District Court Judge in the northern and central districts, it was unsurprising that, when the northern Judge of Supreme Court, Judge Edmund Sheppard, went on leave due to illness and was succeeded by Judge Paul, he was appointed Deputy Judge for the Southern, or Metropolitan District Court, When Judge Sheppard died in December 1882 and was succeeded by Pope Cooper, a vacancy was created in the Ministry and then filled by Charles.

Charles—a strong supporter of the move to petition the Queen in regard to carving off the Northern portion of Queensland to be a separate and independent Colony—along with fellow Justices Patrick Real and Pope Alexander Cooper (who had been Chief Justice), was compulsorily retired as a result of the then Labor government passing the Judges Retirement Act 1921 (Qld) in retaliation for a series of constitutional decisions that had gone against the government.^[3]

Justice The Honourable Charles Edward Chubb, QC, passed away on the 27th February 1930, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, aged 84 years.^[4] His funeral departed from his former residence in South Brisbane, St. Malo, to the South Brisbane Cemetery at Dutton Park.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ 1851 England Census — "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGT7-SHN : 12 September 2019), Charles Edward Chubb in household of Charles Fred Chubb, Battersea, Surrey, England; citing Battersea, Surrey, England, p. 23, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
2. ↑ Marriage Registration — Queensland State Government Births, Deaths, Marriages Marriage Registration details: Charles Edward Chubb; Event date: 09/06/1870; Event type: Marriage registration; Registration details: 1870/C/215; Spouse: Christian Westgarth Macarthur
3. ↑ Forced to Retire — "THE RETIRING JUDGES." The Week (Brisbane, Qld. : 1876 - 1934) 7 April 1922: 16. Web. 18 Jun 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article192975841>.
4. ↑ Death Registration — Queensland State Government Births, Deaths, Marriages Death Registration details: Charles Edward Chubb; Event date: 27/02/1930; Event type: Death registration; Registration details: 1930/B/10365; Mother: Sarah Bennett; Father/parent: Charles Frederick Chubb
5. ↑ Burial — Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/48721716/charles-edward-chubb: accessed 18 June 2023), memorial page for Judge Charles Edward Chubb (17 May 1845–27 Feb 1930), Find A Grave: Memorial #48721716, citing South Brisbane Cemetery, Dutton Park, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia; Maintained by BB (contributor 49825097).

• Marriage Notice — "Family Notices" Dalby Herald and Western Queensland Advertiser (Qld. : 1866 - 1879) 18 June 1870: 2. Web. 18 Jun 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215452535>.

• Marriage Notice — "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCK-TCKK : 18 April 2019), Charles Edward Chubb, Esq, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 31 Dec 1870, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .

• A Biographical Sketch — "No title" Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 - 1922) 31 January 1883: 2. Web. 18 Jun 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170386414>.

• Forced to Retire — "THE RETIRING JUDGES." The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) 1 April 1922: 11 (SECOND EDITION). Web. 18 Jun 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180061923>.

• Death Notice — "OBITUARY" Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) 28 February 1930: 11. Web. 18 Jun 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133386826>.

• Death Noted by Friend — "LINK WITH THE PAST." The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933) 28 February 1930: 19. Web. 18 Jun 2023 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21512051>.

See also:

• Wikipedia : Charles E. Chubb
• Wikidata: Item Q5077064, en:Wikipedia

• Australian Dictionary of Biography: Charles Edward Chubb
• 19th Century Pioneer: Frank Villeneuve Nicholson Family in Australia. by Dr Michael White OAM QC

• Johns's Notable Australians 1906: "A forerunner of what became Australian Who's Who"
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60800 #341 (accessed 30 June 2023)
  Name: Hon Charles Edward Chubb; Birth Date: 17 May 1845; Birth Place: London; Residence Date: 1906; Residence Place: Australia.