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Hendon Chubb

Hendon Chubb (March 19, 1874 – September 3, 1960) was an American insurance executive who established the Chubb Fellowship at Yale.

Hendon Chubb
Managing Partner of Chubb & Son
In office
1930–1959
Preceded byPercy Chubb
Personal details
Born(1874-03-19)March 19, 1874
Brooklyn, New York
DiedSeptember 3, 1960(1960-09-03) (aged 86)
South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Spouse(s)
Alice Margaret Lee
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(m. 1898; died 1955)​

Marian Knight Garrison
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(m. 1959; died 1960)​
Children3
Parent(s)Thomas Caldecot Chubb
Victoria Edds
Alma materSheffield Scientific School

Early life

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Chubb was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 19, 1874. He was the youngest son of Thomas Caldecot Chubb and Victoria Edds (1833–1917), a daughter of William Edds. His parents were both born in England before emigrating to the United States. His older siblings included Sidney Caldecot Chubb (who married Mary Eugenia Ely),[1][2] Percy Chubb (who married Helen Low),[3][4] and Mabel Ada Victoria Chubb (who married Dr. Robert Holmes Greene).[5][6]

His paternal grandparents were John and Sarah Chubb of St Pancras, Soper Lane, London.[7]

He was educated at Dearborn Morgan School in Orange, New Jersey before graduating from the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University in 1895.[8]

Career

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In 1882, his father elder brother, Percy, opened a marine underwriting business in the seaport district of New York City. They collected $1,000 each from 100 prominent merchants to start their venture, initially focusing on insuring ships and cargoes.[9] After his father died in 1887, brother Percy took over as head of the firm. Hendon became a partner in 1895. After Percy's death in 1930, Hendon became senior partner, serving in that role until his retirement in 1959.[8] Upon his brother's death in 1930, he inherited Percy's "Springwood" estate, a ten-thousand-acre plantation in Thomasville, Georgia.[10]

Chubb also founded, and was serving as chairman emeritus, of Federal Insurance Company, which had assets of more than $220,000,000, at the time of his death.[8] He was involved in the development of the American Institute of Marine Underwriters and the Board of Underwriters of New York. During World War I, he served as a Director of War Risk Insurance (serving as chairman from 1914 to 1918),[8] and an Insurance Advisor to the United States Shipping Board and the American Red Cross.[11]

In 1924, he established the Victoria Foundation, named in honor of his mother, which makes grants for medical research.[8] In 1936, he endowed the Chubb Fellowship at Yale for "…the encouragement and aid of students interested in government and public affairs."[12]

Personal life

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On June 6, 1898, Chubb was married to Alice Margaret Lee (1874–1955)[13] at Grace Episcopal Church in Orange, New Jersey. The service was read by the Rev. Alexander Mann, Archdeacon of Newark, and the marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Anthony Schuyler, rector of the church.[14] She was the daughter of Samuel Lee and Annie (née Vanderhoof) Lee. They lived in Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey. Before her death in 1955, they were the parents of:

  • Thomas Caldecot Chubb (1899–1972), a writer and poet who married Caroline (née Parker) Smith, a daughter of John Dwight Parker who was the former wife of Walton Hall Smith, in 1929. They divorced in 1938 shortly before her death from amebic dysentery.[15] He married Edith Rosine Onions in 1938.[16]
  • Alice "Margaret" Chubb (1901–1976),[17] who married J. Russell Parsons, a partner with Chubb & Son who was the son of diplomat James Russell Parsons,[18] in 1921.[19]
  • Percy Chubb II (1909–1982),[20] who married Corinne Roosevelt Alsop, a daughter of Corinne (née Robinson) Alsop Cole, and Joseph Wright Alsop IV.[21]

After her death, he married Marian (née Knight) Garrison, the widow of Philip McKim Garrison and daughter-in-law of Wendell Phillips Garrison and Lucy McKim Garrison.[22]

Chubb died on September 3, 1960 at his summer home on Mishaum Point in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. He was buried at the Holy Innocents Cemetery in West Orange, New Jersey.[8] His widow lived until July 1974, dying in her 101st year.[22]

Descendants

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Through his daughter Margaret, he was a grandfather of James Russell Parsons IV (1922–1943), who was killed in Italy during World War II; Frances Dorothea Parsons (1926–1999), who married Dr. René A. Pingeon;[23][24] Victoria Parsons (1928–2013),[25] who married lawyer Robert Morgan Pennoyer (a grandson of J. P. Morgan Jr.);[26] and Margaret Hendon Parsons, who married lawyer Franklin E. Parker III.[17][27]

References

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  1. ^ "SIDNEY C. CHUBB. Retired Marine Insurance Man of This City Dies at 74". The New York Times. September 18, 1930. p. 27. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  2. ^ Beach, Moses Sperry; Ely, William (1902). The Ely Ancestry: Lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England, who Came to Boston, Mass., about 1655, & Settled at Lyme, Conn. in 1660. Calumet Press. p. 467. ISBN 978-0-8328-0518-9. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  3. ^ "PERCY CHUBB DIES ON TRAIN IN CANADA; He Succumbs While on Way With Valet to Open His Fishing Lodge for Guests. MARINE INSURANCE EXPERT He Was Head of Firm of Maritime. Underwriters Here, Founded by His Father. Had Wide Business Interests. Had Noted Garden at Glen Cove". The New York Times. June 16, 1930. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  4. ^ Dickinson, Wharton (1905). Genealogy of the Westervelt Family. Higginson Genealogical Books. p. 85. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Mrs. Mabel Chubb Greene". The New York Times. April 10, 1930. p. 24. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  6. ^ Motter, H. L. (1911). The International Who's who: Who's who in the World : a Biographical Dictionary of the World's Notable Living Men and Women. International Who's Who Publishing Company. p. 540. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  7. ^ Society, Harleian (1914). The Publications of the Harleian Society: Registers. The Harleian Society. p. 168. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "HENDON CHUBB, INSURANCE AIDE; Ex-Head of Family Firm Dies -- Founder and Chairman of Federal Company". The New York Times. September 5, 1960. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Our History". Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  10. ^ "BROTHER CHIEF HEIR OF PERCY CHUBB; Hendon Chubb to Receive All but 20th of Residue, Besides $900,000 Bequest. ESTATE PUT AT $2,000,000 Sister-in-Law Gets $450,000 and 4 Hospitals $25,000 Each--Roeth Estate to Cooper Union. $25,000 Each to Institutions. Roeth Estate to Cooper Union". The New York Times. July 10, 1930. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Hendon Chubb". www.insurancehalloffame.org. Insurance Hall of Fame. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  12. ^ "History and Past Fellows - Yale Chubb Fellowship". Archived from the original on 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2015-02-02.
  13. ^ "MRS. HENDON CHUBB". The New York Times. April 21, 1955. p. 29. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  14. ^ "Chubb -- Lee". The New York Times. June 7, 1898. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  15. ^ "CAROLINE P. SMITH, POET AND HUNTER Her Most Popular Verse Dealt With Congo—Dies in Hartford". The New York Times. September 13, 1938. p. 23. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  16. ^ "Thomas Caldecot Chubb Dead; Biographer and Book Reviewer". The New York Times. March 22, 1972. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  17. ^ a b "MARGARET C. PARSONS". The New York Times. May 18, 1976. p. 29. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  18. ^ "J. RUSSELL PARSONS". The New York Times. June 10, 1970. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  19. ^ "LESLIE W. SNOW WEDS MISS ROYER Son of ex-Governor of New Hampshire Marries Daughter of Mrs. H.H. Royer at Plaza. TAYLOR-BROOMALL NUPTIAL 1,500 Invited to Church Ceremony of Miss Charlotte L. Rollinson and Charles H. Whitney in Rahway". The New York Times. June 5, 1921. p. 22. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  20. ^ Clark, Alfred E. (October 11, 1982). "PERCY CHUBB 2D, 73; INSURANCE EXECUTIVE AND A BANK DIRECTOR". The New York Times. p. 12. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  21. ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (December 24, 1997). "Corinne Chubb, 85, Philanthropist to Newark". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  22. ^ a b "DEATHS. | CHUBB — Marian Knight". The New York Times. July 18, 1974. p. 38. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  23. ^ "Emily Sears Lodge to Be Married". The New York Times. March 18, 1979. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  24. ^ "Dr. Rene Andre Pingeon, of Mendham". New Jersey Hills. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  25. ^ "PENNOYER, VICTORIA PARSONS". The New York Times. October 3, 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  26. ^ "VICTORIA PARSONS MARRIED IN ORANGE; Bride of Robert M. Pennoyer, Grandson of Late J. P. Morgan: Bishop Poweil Officiates" (PDF). The New York Times. June 13, 1948. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  27. ^ Downey, Sally A.; Urgo, Jacqueline L. (7 February 2008). "Pinelands leader F.E. Parker III". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
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