Ambassadors

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Toby Chance

Ambassador
Toby is a great great, great, nephew of the founder of Chance Bros, Robert Lucas Chance, and a great, great grandson of Sir James Chance who more than anyone was responsible for Chance Brothers’ pre-eminence in lighthouse lens and equipment manufacture for over 100 years. Toby is the author of “Lighthouses: The Race to Illuminate the World” (New Holland Publishers, 2008), a history of Chance Brothers’ endeavours to standardise and modernise lighthouse lenses and the part the company played in the development of modern global maritime safety.

Sir Sebastian Chance 

Ambassador
Sebastian is the great-great-great nephew of the founder of Chance Brothers. He studied Fine Art, and Education in Stourbridge and Birmingham, going on to pursue a career in Art Education. Now retired, Sebastian makes sculpture and prints in his studio in Somerset. He is a Trustee of ACE Arts (Art, Care, Education), a charity based in Somerset.

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David Encill

Ambassador
David had a background in light engineering, before starting his own computer business. From there, he became a freelance journalist and an enthusiastic collector of art glass, which led him to take an interest in the domestic glassware of Chance Brothers. This resulted in two books and the start of a publishing company. Currently, David has been researching the history of Chance Brothers that hopefully should culminate in a book in time for the Chance Bicentenary in 2024