Chubb, William

Landlord of the Sugar Loaf, Sproxton, where Felix Holt goes to talk with the miners. "Mr. Chubb was a remarkable publican; none of your stock Bonifaces, red, bloated, jolly, and joking. He was thin and sallow, and was never, as his constant guests observed, seen to be the worse (or the better) for liquor... Mr. Chubb's reasons for becoming landlord of the Sugar Loaf were founded on the severest calculation. Having an active mind, and being averse to bodily labour, he had thoroughly considered what calling would yield him the best livelihood with the least possible exertion, and in that sort of line he had seen that a 'public' amongst miners who earned high wages was a fine opening."

<em>Felix Holt, the Radical</em>

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