John Bibby (businessman)
British Slaver & businessman (1775–1840)
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John Bibby (19 February 1775 – 17 July 1840) was the founder of the British Bibby Line shipping company in 1807,[1] and co-owned three slave ships.[citation needed] 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]
