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IBBs
Ibbs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Robert Leigh Ibbs, co-founder of Ibbs and Tillett * Robin Ibbs (1926–2014), British businessman, government advisor, and Royal Navy officer See also * Gibbs (surname) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibbs And Tillett
Ibbs and Tillett was a London-based classical music artist and concert management agency that flourished between 1906 and 1990 in the United Kingdom. It was described as "one of the legendary duos in classical music artist management". Founding Ibbs and Tillett was founded by Robert Leigh Ibbs and John Tillett, who trained under impresario Nathaniel Vert (Narciso Vertigliano). It was Vert who, as Edward Elgar's concert manager, sent Elgar's ''Enigma Variations'' to another of his concert management clients, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Hans Richter, who premiered the work in London in 1899. Management John Tillett's widow, Emmie Tillett, managed the agency after the deaths of the founders, and became one of the world's best-known managers; she was nicknamed the "Duchess of Wigmore Street". See also * Classical music of the United Kingdom Classical music of the United Kingdom is taken in this article to mean classical music in the sense elsewhere defined, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Ibbs
Sir John Robin Ibbs, (21 April 1926 – 27 July 2014) was an English business executive, government advisor and Royal Navy officer. He was Chairman of Lloyds Bank from 1993 to 1997 and of Lloyds TSB Group PLC from 1995 to 1997. Life Born in 1926, Ibbs was the only son of Professor T. L. Ibbs MC DSc, and his wife, Marjorie (née Bell). He was educated at Gresham's School, Upper Canada College (Toronto), the University of Toronto, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated MA in Mechanical Sciences.'IBBS, Sir (John) Robin', in ''Who's Who 2009'', A. & C. Black, London, 2008 From 1947 to 1949 Ibbs served in the Royal Navy as an Instructor Lieutenant, then worked for C. A. Parsons & Co. Ltd, from 1949 to 1951 while also reading for a career as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn. He was called to the Bar in 1952. He joined ICI in 1952 and was a Director from 1976 to 1980 and again from 1982 to 1988, serving the two intervening years on secondment as Head of the Central Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |