Death of equestrian journalist and author Elwyn Hartley Edwards
Author of numerous equestrian books, journalist and former Horse & Hound consultant editor Elwyn Hartley Edwards died on Sunday, aged 80.
Captain Hartley Edwards wrote more than 40 books on equestrian subjects, following from his book saddlery in 1963.
He was editor of Riding magazine for 18 years, served on the British Horse Society Council and was the chairman of the BHS North-West Wales region for many years.
BHS chairman Patrick Print said: “Elwyn was a brilliant journalist and one of the leading authorities on saddlery and the history of it.
“He will be sorely missed by all who knew him in the BHS and throughout the equestrian world.”
His funeral takes place at 3pm on Wednesday 19 December at Bangor Crematorium.
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.