Antony Gibbs & Sons
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Antony Gibbs & Sons was a British trading company, which was founded by Antony Gibbs in 1808 in London. The company's interests spanned trading in cloth, fruit, wine, guano, and nitrate, which led to it becoming involved in banking, shipping and insurance. Having been family-owned from its foundation, by the turn of the 20th century it was focused on banking and insurance rather than inport and export.
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Founded | 1808 (216 years ago) (1808) |
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Defunct | 22 June 2005 (2005-06-22) |
Fate | Dissolved |
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Area served | Global |
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Floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1973, it was bought by HSBC in 1981 and formed the basis of its insurance broking arm, now part of global insurance company Marsh McLennan.