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 . He died on 19 May 1883, and was buried at Norwood cemetery. In 1881 the business was turned into a limited liability company. He married Emma Lett, daughter of Mr. Lett of Lambeth, by whom he had nine children. His eldest son, William, is at the present time one of the managing directors of the company.

 CLUBBE, JOHN (1703?–1773), satirical writer, son of the Rev. George Clubbe, rector of Whatfield, Suffolk, was born in or about 1703. At the usual age he was entered at Cambridge, where he took the degree of B.A. as a member of King's College in 1725. He was subsequently ordained, became vicar of Debenham, Suffolk, in 1730, and five years later succeeded to his father's living of Whatfield. By his wife, Susannah Beeston, whom he married on 8 Aug. 1732, he had twelve children, eight of whom, including John Clubbe, M.D., of Ipswich, and [q. v.], survived him. He died on 2 March 1773, at the age of seventy. Contemporary writers represent Clubbe as possessed of considerable literary talent added to a keen sense of humour. As a churchman his sympathies were broad. With the exception of a sermon printed in 1751, all his writings in their original form were published anonymously, and are: 1. ‘The History and Antiquities of the Ancient Villa of Wheatfield, in the county of Suffolk,’ 4to, London, 1758, chiefly a burlesque of Morant's ‘History and Antiquities of Colchester,’ and frequently reprinted in the author's lifetime. 2. ‘Physiognomy;’ being a sketch only of a larger work upon the same plan, 4to, London, 1763. 3. ‘A Letter of Free Advice to a Young Clergyman,’ 8vo, Ipswich, 1765. The above, with the ‘Sermon’ and two other slighter pieces, were collected together and published in two volumes 12mo, Ipswich (1770 or 1771), under the title of ‘Miscellaneous Tracts of the Rev. John Clubbe.’ 4. ‘The Farmers' Queries and Resolutions concerning the Game. Written in the second year of the Association for Preserving the Game, but never before published,’ 4to, Ipswich (1770?).

 CLUBBE, WILLIAM (1745–1814), poetical writer, was seventh son of the Rev. [q. v.], rector of Whatfield, Suffolk. He was baptised at Whatfield on 16 April 1745, and educated at Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated LL.B. in 1769. In the same year he was instituted to the rectory of Flowton, and in the following year to the vicarage of Brandeston, both in Suffolk. At the latter place he continued to reside till 1808, when, having lost his wife, he removed to the house of his youngest brother, Nathaniel, an attorney at Framlingham, where he died on 16 Oct. 1814. His wife was Mary, daughter of the Rev. William Henchman; but he had no issue.

His works include: 1. ‘The Emigrants, a Pastoral,’ Ipswich, 1793, 8vo. 2. ‘Six Satires of Horace; in a style between free imitation and literal version,’ Ipswich, 1795, 4to. 3. ‘The Epistle of Horace to the Pisos on the Art of Poetry; translated into English verse,’ Ipswich, 1797, 8vo. The original manuscript is in the British Museum, Addit. MS. 19201. 4. ‘The Omnium; containing the Journal of a late Three Days Tour in France; curious and extraordinary anecdotes, critical remarks, and other miscellaneous pieces, in prose and verse,’ Ipswich, 1798, 8vo (cf. Addit. MS. 19l97). 5. ‘Ver: de Agricola Puero, Anglo Poemate celeberrimo excerptum, et in morem Latini Georgici redditum,’ Ipswich, 1801, 12mo, 1804, 8vo. A translation into Latin of part of Bloomfield's ‘Farmer's Boy.’ 6. ‘Parallel between the Characters and Conduct of Oliver Cromwell and Bonaparte.’ 7. ‘Three Lyric Odes, on late Celebrated Occasions,’ Ipswich, 1806, 4to. 8. Miscellaneous poems, in Addit. MS. 19201, f. 81 seq.

 CLULOW, WILLIAM BENTON (1802–1882), dissenting minister, was a native of Leek, Staffordshire, and, after receiving a preliminary education in the grammar school there, entered the Hoxton Academy. He became pastor of the congregational church at Shaldon, Devonshire, where he remained twelve years. In 1835 he accepted an invitation to the classical tutorship of Airedale College, Bradford; but he withdrew from that position in 1848, in consequence of his views being at variance with those of some influential supporters of the institution. After residing at Bradford for forty years he retired to Leek, where he died on 16 April 1882.

His works are: 1. ‘Truths in Few Words’ 2. ‘Aphorisms and Reflections, a miscellany