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UK gun maker Reuben Hambling allegedly worked for EM Reilly in mid 1880"s


Returning to the IGC, on Stephen Nash's amazing line on pin-fire game guns, there was this statement from the IGC history of gun-maker Reuben Hambling:
https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=576169#Post576169

"As there is both a New Bailey Street and a New Bexley Street, there is no way of knowing if the paper made an error, or if Reuben Hambling moved from one location to another. He didnt stay long in Manchester and later worked for E. M. Reilly & Co. in London, and finally in Ashford, in Kent. Reuben Hambling died in 1891."

There is no footnoting to the IGC history. However, London postal records record Reuben Hambling as living in Paddington, London from 1884-86, less than a mile from Reilly's 315 Oxford Street work-shop. The question has been asked, "who worked for Reilly." Names are slowly being filled in. (I'll try to get the reference to the above IGC post). Whatever, if Reuben Hambling worked for Reilly, it's unlikely he was just polishing counter tops.

Voting records for Paddington, London 1884-85, Reuben Hambling:


And by the way, the 1861 census lists him as a gun-maker living in Middlesex, London, age 20, married to Mary A; born in Blarkent, Devon.. Wouldn't be surprised to find he worked for Reilly at that time:

Last edited by Argo44; 07/26/20 07:09 PM.
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