Kibble, John, Liverpool, u (1785–d. 1794). In June 1785 announced the opening of his shop at 57 Castle St. He claimed to have been employed for many years by the leading shops in London and had worked at Carlton House and for the ‘Duke of Grafton, Duke of Queensborough and the Marquis of Lonsdale’ at this period. The business was probably of modest size, the utensils and stock being insured for £400 in June 1791. He died in 1794 and at that time was trading from Marshall St and 49 Lord St. Attempts were made to sell his stock as a whole in May 1794 but this was only partially successful and the residue was offered without reserve to the public for two weeks in August 1794. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 376, p. 638; Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser, 16 June 1785, 5 March 1794, 12 May 1794, 18 August 1794]