Sort of beating a dead horse since it's now well established that Reilly made guns, and some the most articulate and experienced posters on this board, who originally had doubts, have conceded most of the conclusions in this line. However, here's a repeat post from p.15 updated a bit. I'm not sure the "Gunmakers' Association" allowed "retailers" in as members. Could be wrong of course - more research on this topic is needed as pointed out below..

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1902 - H.H. (Bert) Reilly and the Gunmakers Association

— Here is the notice for the 1902 meeting of the British Gunmakers Association annual meeting. There are some powerful names here: Greener, Blanch, and of the people who didn’t show up H.W. Holland, etc. etc…and H.H. Reilly (Bert Reilly), EM’s youngest son. He apparently began running the business sometime in the late 1890's or early 1900's?? (with help from brother? mother?). (Note: Bert was still young at the time of this meeting; old E.M. surely would have been at the meeting - he was a consummate "networker" and the Reilly's were old friends and allies of Blanch).

Who ran it from EM’s death in July 1890 to the time Bert took over hasn't been established although EM Reilly's "reputed" son Edward Montague Reilly may have handled things until his death on 25 July 1895. Edward Montague was born in 1967 (possibly out of wedlock)...before Reilly was married. At death Edward Montague's profession was listed as "gun manufacturer."

The interesting thing, besides the fact that HH didn’t attend the meeting, is the existence of “The Gunmmakers’ Association” at all. I’ve tried to research UK gunmakers associations and when and where they came into existence without much success. But. It’s an interesting topic —- what did they discuss? Who were members? How long did it exist? What organizations were predecessors? The minutes of the meetings have to be somewhere. There’s a lot of history there.


Last edited by Argo44; 07/26/19 11:51 AM.
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