Civil Engineer. Born Norfolk. President of The Institute of Civil Engineers. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851, and Chairman of its Building committee. Also designed a louvred windmill sail and the human treadmill which was quickly introduced to many prisons to provide the 'hard labour' required. Died at home on Clapham Common. The civil engineer, Joseph Cubitt (1811-72) was his son.
There seems to be a confusion of Cubitts in the property field. This one is unrelated to the three brothers:
Thomas Cubitt - London property developer.
Lewis Cubitt - designed King's Cross Station.
William Cubitt (1791 – 1863) - property developer, politician.
Also, apparently unrelated to any of them, James Cubitt (1836–1914).
Given that 'cubit' is an ancient unit of length (elbow to the tip of the middle finger) which is referenced in the Bible to describe constructions such as Solomon's Temple, we suggest that all these Cubitts are members of the nominative determinism club.
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