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= John Gibbs = John Gibbs (1773-1816) was a member of the Tallow Chandlers Company, which developed into the soap manufacturing firm of J&D Gibbs Ltd (later acquired by Lever Brothers).

Personal life
John Gibbs was born in London in 1773, to Alexander Gibbs, a baker, and Sarah Chapman. He was one of eleven children. He became a bound apprentice to a Tallow Chandler on 5 June 1787, when he was only fourteen years old, and became a member of the Tallow Chandlers Company in September 1805.

He was possibly married to Ann Lawler.

Career
With his younger brother David he set up business as a Tallow Chandler. Their business was located at Shoreditch from 1800, later moved to Grub Street, and eventually developed into the soap manufacturing firm of J & D Gibbs Ltd.

Following John’s death in 1816 and the subsequent withdrawal of his brother David from the firm, the business was run by two of John’s nephews, David Aspland Gibbs and William Alfred Gibbs, after whom the firm of D & W Gibbs Ltd took its name. This firm was acquired by Lever Brothers in 1919.