Edward Loder

Edward James Loder (10 July 1809 – 5 April 1865)[1] was an English composer and conductor.

He was the son of John David Loder (1788–1846),[2] a violinist and musical director of the Theatre Royal, Bath,[3] and his wife Rosamund, née Mills (1787–1856), a step-daughter of the comedian John Fawcett.

Today he is most remembered for his opera Raymond and Agnes (1855), which was revived in Cambridge in 1966.

[6] On 10 November 1831, Loder married Elizabeth Mary Watson (c.1813–1880) at Bristol.

[7][8] It appears they were separated within a few years, as in 1861 he stated that his wife was Louisa Alice Foster, born c.