Some Braddell records are available, contact them here:
http://www.braddells.co.uk/If a ledger entry exists, it could point to Bentley & Playfair for the source of the gun, but then again Osbourne and Tolley also built guns for Braddell.
I have done a lot of research on the Playfair family (Aberdeen and Birmingham) and one mystery is Charles Playfair's (III) connection with Ireland. We know Bentley and Playfair were supplying to Braddells but Charles also took time to buy a secondary home in Ireland, marry an Irish girl and they had two daughters with strong Irish first names, both born in Belfast, Ireland.
With records and family members long gone, one can only speculate if there was any connection between Playfairs new Irish family heritage and acquiring the trade business and finally buying Braddells outright.
Is it mere coincidence that Braddells are in Belfast and Charles second home and children were born there?
