John Bibby (businessman) explained

John Bibby (19 February 1775  - 17 July 1840) was the founder of the British Bibby Line shipping company in 1807, and co-owned three slave ships.^[1] He was born in Eccleston, near Ormskirk, Lancashire. He was murdered on 17 July 1840 on his way home from dinner at a friend's house in Kirkdale.^[2] The murder, believed to be a robbery gone wrong as his watch was stolen, was never solved.^[3]

See also

• Bibby Stockholm

Further reading

• Web site: Bibby Line . The Red Duster . Merchant Shipping Association . 2009-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090531141609/http://www.red-duster.co.uk/BIBBY.htm . 2009-05-31 . dead . (lengthy biography)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Santos-Pedro . Nick . 2023-07-03 . An Open Letter to Bibby Marine . 2023-09-10 . Refugee Council . en-US.
2. News: 20 July 1840 . Horrid murder at Liverpool . 2 . The Standard . London.
3. Web site: The mystery killing of shipping magnate John Bibby. Liverpool Echo. John. Siddle. 15 July 2015.