In 1806 the firm moved to 2 New Lisle Street. In 1805 (some reports say 1801 but this has not been confirmed) he established a business at 34 Tottenham Court Road and traded as a gunmaker. He was recorded as a gun lock maker in St James's in 1792, and again in St Pancras in 1800. William Smith was apprenticed to a John Joyner in 1766, and then turned over to a William Shepherd in 1771. Samuel & Charles were sons & grandsons of gunmaker William Smith. ![]() ![]() AFAIK, Samuel (Sam'L) & Charles Smith of Prince St, Leicester Square, London (ca.1834-1870) has nothing to do with the American shotgun company, L.C.Smith.Ĭhristie's & others have auctioned some of Smith's guns, in various configs, from that era.
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