William Hucks
William Hucks (1842-1910), of William Hucks and Co and Gilbey's Distillery
c.1842 Born in St George East, London
1871 Distiller, living in Shadwell with his father who ran a cooperage[1]
1881 Civil engineer, Gilbey's Distillery, living in St Pancras[2]
1891 William Hucks, mechanical engineer, age 49, living in Stanstead, Suffolk, with Kate E Hucks 42, George H Hucks 18, William Hucks 17, Samuel G Hucks 15, Frank Hucks 13, Edger J Hucks 8, Bentfield C Hucks 6, Hesper M Hucks 5[3]
1895 William Hucks and William Hucks, Jun patented "Improvements in Apparatus for Moulding or Forming Pats or Blocks of Butter or other like Plastic Material."
1898 William Hucks and William Hucks, Jun patented "Improvements in Apparatus for Charging Bottles or other Vessels with liquids."
1899 William Hucks patented "Improvements in Self-propelled Road Carriages and their Wheels" for a platform suspended between 2 axles.
1901 William Hucks and William Hucks, Jun patented the first of several "Improvements in Apparatus for Use in Dispensing Aërated Liquids" and associated technologies.
1901 William Hucks and William Hucks, Jun patented "Improvements in, or connected with, Bicycles, Tricycles and the like", specifically inflation of pneumatic tyres.
1906 William Hucks and William Hucks, Jun patented "Improvements in Counting Devices"
1910 William Hucks of Camden Town, Middlesex, died at Bad Kissingen, Bavaria; executors were William Hucks, engineer, and William Crosbie Gilbey, wine merchant[4]