sentences:  Leyland served as an apprentice in the firm of John Bibby, Sons & Co, where he rose to become a partner.In 1867, he took on the tenancy of Speke Hall, Liverpool, and in 1869 bought a house in London at 49 Princes Gate.At the end of 1872, when the Bibby partnership dissolved, he bought out his employers and changed the company name to the Leyland Line in 1873.