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Chance, Sir James Timmins, first baronet

(1814–1902)

Charles Welch
, revised by Anita McConnell

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/32359

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Chance, Sir James Timmins, first baronet (1814–1902), glass manufacturer and lighthouse engineer, was born in Birmingham on 22 March 1814, the eldest of the six sons of William Chance (1788–1856), merchant and glass manufacturer, of Spring Grove, Birmingham, and his wife, Phoebe (...

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date: 08 March 2021

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