Career
Edwin was apprenticed to Joseph Tregelles Price (1784–1854) the manager of the Welsh wing of the firm, at the Neath Abbey Iron Works. He learnt a great deal of practical business and engineering. Around 1831, he set up on his own as a consulting engineer
He took part in many major projects, including the installation of town gas to many towns in Southern England, railway engineering and water and sewage projects.
He was also involved with tin plating in County Durham and the family"s coal mines. In 1853, he retired from business, in order to devote himself to religious and philanthropic work.
He also travelled to the West Indies and Norway and many journeys in the Ministry in the United Kingdom. He was on the Council of the United Kingdom Alliance, one of several Victorian bodies, promoting temperance.
He died in Banbury, Oxfordshire on 16 December 1886.
