public office in Birmingham. (Stephen Roberts, 'Sir Richard Tangye 1833-1906: A Cornish Entrepreneur in Victorian Birmingham, 2015). He was the grandfather of the authors Derek Tangye and Nigel Tangye. Through his niece Helena Tangye Lean, he was a great-uncle of film maker David Lean and his brother Edward Tangye Lean, founder of the Inklings. After death After the deaths of Richard (1906) and George (1920), with the family owning the majority of shares, their sons entered the business. In 1919, the company started production of large-scale industrial diesel engines, pumps and hydraulic equipment. Engine production was stopped after World War II, with the company concentrating on hydraulic pumps, valves and related systems. Publications Tangye wrote an autobiography, One and All (1889). The only modern study is Sir Richard Tangye 1833-1914: A Cornish Entrepreneur in Victorian Birmingham (2015) by Stephen Roberts. Examples of Tangye engines The various engines had an elegance as well as being functional. Here are some examples in various museums. References ODNB article by W. B. Owen, 'Tangye, Sir Richard (1833–1906)', rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (accessed 8 June 2008). External links Timeline of Tangye's Ltd from gracesguide.co.uk 1833 births 1906 deaths People from Illogan Engineers from Cornwall Inventors from Cornwall Museum founders English philanthropists History of Birmingham, West Midlands Knights Bachelor 19th-century British philanthropists 19th-century English businesspeople