Charles William Lancaster
Charles William Lancaster was an English gun maker and improver of rifles and cannon.
Lancaster was the eldest son of Charles Lancaster, gunmaker, of 151 New Bond Street, London. He was born atYork Street, Portman Square, London, onJune 1820. On leaving school he entered his fathers factory, where he practically learnt the business of a gunmaker, and soon became a clever designer of models, a thoroughly skilled workman, and a mechanician of high order. The study of rifled projectiles and the construction of rifles was his chief pleasure, and he soon attained the highest skill as a rifle shot.
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