Elwyn Hartley Edwards, MC, equestrian writer and editor, was born on April 17, 1927. He died on December 9, 2007, aged 80.
Elwyn Edwards, was the editor of Riding magazine for 18 years. And the consultant editor for Horse & Hound magazine for five years, he also served as a regional chairman of the British Horse Society and as a member of the BHS council, receiving the society's Award of Merit in 1993. He was also a vice-president of the Riding for the Disabled Association and vice-patron of the Horse and Pony Protection Association.
He use to regularly judge horse shows in the UK. He had written more than 30 books on horse-related subjects and was an authority on lorinery and saddlery.