Alex, bluntly, your family gun has significant problems. The stock has been replaced by an incorrect one without drop points and of incorrect wood poorly fitted. The skeleton butt plate is badly rusted. There are rust pits on the barrels.
The only thing that would devalue the gun further is to have chopped barrels. Cleaning with soap and water will not devalue the gun.
However, the gun is salvageable and restorable with money and effort. You would need a proper stock made, the butt plate filed to good metal and re-engraved, and the barrels carded and refinished. This is not an inexpensive proposition, however to restore the gun to its original glory, that is what is needed. If that is your goal and you need names, PM me.
John, yes it looks like Henry Gough's work, but I find no engraver's initials.
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