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John Grubb (1751–1812), English lawyer

Son of Edmond Grubb (1711–1790) of Horsenden, Buckinghamshire, and his wife, Mary née Le Grand; he married Mary Crandall (1765–1803); they had one son, also named John (1786–1846). A lawyer and a friend of the dramatist and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan, he was persuaded to invest heavily in Sheridan's new Drury Lane theatre, which was under construction 1791–1794; he and Joseph Richardson each acquired a share of £25,000; he was to be the manager of the theatre in 1798. All three joint proprietors were later involved in law suits alleging financial mismanagement, and when the theatre burned down in 1801, Grubb was bankrupted. His son later sold the family estate at Horsenden and emigrated to Canada.