Edwin Weever was born at Wem, in Shropshire in 1833. Better known as a trainer, he was also a successful jockey over jumps prior to embarking on a training career. Unfortunately, in the race results, he was invariably named as ‘Weaver’, which makes life awkward when researching his career in the saddle.
His successful training career was highlighted by the back-to-back Grand National victories of the full-sisters Emblem in 1863 and Emblematic in 1864. They were both owned by Lord Coventry, whose colours were brown with a blue cap. Although Edwin Weever performed the actual training of the horses, the licence itself was held by Thomas Golby.
After a lengthy illness from Bright’s Disease, Edwin Weever died at his residence on Thursday morning, November 7, 1895, aged 62. He was buried at Wem, his native town. He left £12,786.
(He died on the same morning as jockey James Ryan Jr., son of a well-known Newmarket trainer. James died from typhoid fever.)