Robert Lucas Chance (1782–1865)

Glass manufacturer. Purchased with his brother William Chance (d. 1856) a glass manufactory in Smethwick, near Birmingham, 1830. Established the manufacture of sheet glass and supplied glass for the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Crystal Palace. Two of his sons, Robert Lucas (1821–97) and John Homer (1827–1900), became partners in the firm in 1846 and 1853, respectively.