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= David Gibbs = David Gibbs (1774 - 19 Jan 1854) 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
David Gibbs was born in London in 1774 to Alexander Gibbs, a baker, and Sarah Chapman. He was one of eleven children.

Gibbs married Ann Marshall, c1800, and they had ten children.

Career
David Gibbs was in business with his elder brother John Gibbs 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. The partnership between David Gibbs and David Aspland and William Gibbs was dissolved on the 2nd of January 1844 by mutual agreement.

Gibbs became a Common Councillor for the Ward of Cripplegate in 1836 and was elected Bridgemaster of the Port of London in 1841, holding this post until his death in 1854.

Two of his children, David Aspland Gibbs and William Alfred Gibbs, went on to take over the business from their father and uncle. The business, then known as D&W Gibbs Ltd was taken over by Lever Brothers in 1919.