John David Loder

On 12 May 1817 he led the society's orchestra for the first time; the Salisbury Journal reported: "he acquitted himself in a manner that stamps him at once as a first-rate musician".

From 1840 he was professor of violin at the Royal Academy of Music, and from 1841 he lived permanently in Chelsea, London.

[1][4] His wife, Rosamund Charles Mills, was the stepdaughter of the actor John Fawcett.

Loder died at Albany Street, Regent's Park, on 13 February 1846, and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.

[1][5] Three of his sons were musicians: Edward Loder (1809–1865) was a composer and conductor; Edward's twin brother John Fawcett Loder (1809–1853), a violinist, played in London theatre orchestras, and played the viola in Joseph Dando's string quartet from 1842 until 1853; William Sowerby Loder (1812–1851) studied the cello at the Royal Academy of Music and later played in Bath.