Stuart, sent me a private msg last week. It gives some of the lineage of the Leonards. In reply to:
Daniel was the son of Samuel Leonard a gun and pistol maker who started his own business (D Leonard Gunmaker, which became D Leonard and Son and then later D Leonard and Sons). Harry, Daniels son, ran the business after Daniel died and Harry's son Charles Leonard ran the business after Harry died. The family was quite extensive each generation having many sons most of whom went into the gun trade which gave the firm many relatives to call upon to work on orders. Harry Leonard also made guns under his own name H. Leonard, B'ham. I also have Henry as my second forename. Earlier Leonard Guns have L&S as stampings as my own gun has.
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