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]
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edit- ↑ "Our Story". Bibby Line Group. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ↑ "Horrid murder at Liverpool". The Standard. London. 20 July 1840. p. 2.
- ↑ Siddle, John (15 July 2015). "The mystery killing of shipping magnate John Bibby". Liverpool Echo.
Further reading
edit- "Bibby Line". The Red Duster. Merchant Shipping Association. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009. (lengthy biography)
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