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About John Bibby
John Bibby was the founder of the British Bibby Line shipping company in 1807, and co-owned three slave ships. 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. The murder, believed to be a robbery gone wrong as his watch was stolen, was never solved.
Everything about John Bibby →- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- February 19, 1775
- Died
- July 17, 1840