William Keith Neal
William Keith Neal (11 November 1905 – 10 April 1990) was an English author, collector and enthusiast who amassed what is considered to be one of the greatest private collections of antique firearms ever assembled. During his lifetime he was regarded as the leading authority on antique firearms in Britain and co-authored "the standard reference work" on the history of British gunmaking between the 16th and late 19th centuries. A Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers, his collection of around 2,000 firearms included six items "from the gun cabinet of Louis XIII" and two miniature, gold-inlaid pistols that were reportedly "the last gift Napoléon Bonaparte gave to his three-year-old son before military defeat and subsequent exile."
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William Keith Neal
William Keith Neal (11 November 1905 – 10 April 1990) was an English author, collector and enthusiast who amassed what is considered to be one of the greatest private collections of antique firearms ever assembled. During his lifetime he was regarded as the leading authority on antique firearms in Britain and co-authored "the standard reference work" on the history of British gunmaking between the 16th and late 19th centuries. A Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers, his collection of around 2,000 firearms included six items "from the gun cabinet of Louis XIII" and two miniature, gold-inlaid pistols that were reportedly "the last gift Napoléon Bonaparte gave to his three-year-old son before military defeat and subsequent exile."
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1905-11-11
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William Keith Neal
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Boxmoor, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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W. Keith Neal with Probin gun at Bishopstrow House, Wiltshire, 1969
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Diana Margaret Jane
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1990-04-10
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Guernsey, Channel Islands
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Antique gun collector
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Jane Erskine-Murray
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