{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use British English|date=April 2018}} [[File:Edward Windsor Richards - Cassier's 1894-12.png|thumb|Windsor Richards was featured in an article in ''[[Cassier's Magazine]]'' in December 1894, accompanied by this photo.]] '''Edward Windsor Richards''' (August 1831 – 12 November 1921), known as '''Windsor Richards''', was a Welsh [[engineer]], and steel maker.<ref name=ime>[http://www.imeche.org/knowledge/library/archive/institution-and-engineering-history/presidents Presidents &ndash; 1896–1897: Edward Windsor Richards], Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Retrieved 16 January 2016.</ref><ref name=wilkins201>{{Citation|author=Wilkins, Charles |title=History of the Iron, Steel, Tinplate and Other Trades of Wales |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=erQgxZfov-IC&pg=PA201 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1903 |pages=201–2 |isbn=978-1-108-02693-2 }} (published digitally in 2011)</ref>

==Life== Richards was born in [[Dowlais]], and was educated at Monmouth and [[Christ's Hospital]]. He was an apprentice at the [[Rhymney Iron and Steel Works]]. He studied the economy of utilizing the [[waste heat]] in [[blast furnace gas]]es.<ref name=ime /> Richards worked as assistant, and chief engineer of the [[Tredegar Iron and Coal Company|Tredegar Iron Works]]. By 1871 he was general manager of the [[Ebbw Vale|Ebbw Vale Iron Works]], where he planned the [[bessemer process|Bessemer Steel]] Department.<ref name="ime" /> In 1875, Richards was General Manager of the [[Eston]] Ironworks of [[Bolckow Vaughan]] and Co, [[North Yorkshire]]. These included three [[Coke (fuel)|hæmatite]] blast furnaces, and his work with [[Sidney Gilchrist Thomas]] contributed to the development of the [[Bessemer process|Gilchrist-Thomas process]].<ref name="ime" /> In 1884 he was awarded the [[Bessemer Gold Medal]] by the Council of the [[Iron and Steel Institute]] for his work in steel manufacturing.<ref name="wilkins201" /> In 1888, he worked on the manufacture of [[wrought iron]], at the [[Low Moor Works]] south of [[Bradford]]. He retired in 1898.<ref name="ime" /> Richards was President of the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] in 1896 and 1897, and was President of the [[Iron and Steel Institute]], of which he was an Original Member, in 1894.

He was appointed a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for [[Monmouthshire (historic)|Monmouthshire]] on 11 April 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27425 |page=2511 |date=15 April 1902}}</ref> He also served as [[High Sheriff of Monmouthshire]] in 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27414|page=1625|date=7 March 1902 |nolink=y}}</ref>

In 1907, Richards bought the decommissioned naval fort on St Catherine’s island, Tenby. He lavishly restored it and used it as his private, holiday residence until his death, in 1921.

He died in 1921 at his home, Plas Llecha, Tredunnock, Caerleon at the age of 90.<ref> {{cite web|url=https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Edward_Windsor_Richards|title=Edward Windsor Richards|publisher=Grace's Guide| accessdate= 8 September 2020}} </ref>

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