A RARE "JOE MANTON' 191 



During the year 1825, the celebrated gunmaker re- 

 moved from Davies-street to Holies-street, W., his sons 

 continuing the business, after his decease in 1835, until 

 1840, when it was taken over by Charles and Henry Egg, 

 who also became world-famous as gunmakers of high 

 repute. 



In the London Directory for 1822 appears this entry : 



" Joe Manton, Gun maker to His Majesty and their 

 Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York, Cambridge, and 

 Gloucester, and Prince Leopold." 



Again, in the same publication, dated 1832, is found : 



" Joe Manton, Gun maker to His Majesty, and the Royal 

 Family, and also to the King of France." 



As before mentioned, Joe Manton went over to the 

 great majority in 1835, and the following inscription 

 appears on his tomb in Grantham Churchyard : 



" In memory of Joseph Manton, who died, universally 

 regretted, on the 2gth day of June, 1835. Aged 69 years. 

 This humble tablet is placed here by his afflicted family 

 merely to mark where are deposited his mortal remains. 

 But an everlasting monument to his unrivalled genius is 

 already established in every quarter of the globe by his 

 celebrity as the greatest artist in firearms that ever the 

 world produced ; as the founder and father of the modern 

 gun trade and a most scientific inventor in other depart- 

 ments, not only for the benefit of his friends and the 

 sporting world, but for the good of his King and Country." 



