Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born March 22, 1948) is a highly successful British composer of musical theatre. He has arguably been the most popular theatre composer of the late 20th century, with multiple musicals which have run for more than a decade both on Broadway and in the West End. Throughout his career he has produced 15 musicals, 2 film scores, and a Latin requiem mass. He has also accumulated a number of honors, including seven Tony Awards, three Grammy Awards, an Oscar, an International Emmy, six Olivier Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. Several of his songs, notably "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar, "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" from Evita, "Memory" from Cats and "The Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera have been widely recorded and were hits outside of their parent musicals.

Personal history

Lloyd Webber was born on March 22, 1948 in South Kensington, England. He was the son of composer William Lloyd Webber and piano teacher Jean Johnstone Lloyd Webber and brother of cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, born in 1951. He was a Queen's Scholar of Westminster School and went up to Magdalen College, Oxford but did not graduate.

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March 22 - 1948 - South Kensington - England - William Lloyd Webber - Jean Johnstone Lloyd Webber - Julian Lloyd Webber - 1951 - Westminster School - Magdalen College, Oxford

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His first wife was Sarah Hugill. They married on July 24, 1972 and had two children, Imogen (born March 31, 1977) and Nicholas (born July 2, 1979). Lloyd Webber and Hugill were divorced in 1983. He then married singer and dancer Sarah Brightman on March 22, 1984. He cast Brightman as the lead in The Phantom of the Opera, however the marriage didn't last, and they divorced in 1990, though remaining friends. He married his present wife, Madeleine Gurdon, on February 1, 1991, and had three more children: Alastair (born May 3, 1992), William (born August 24, 1993), and Isabella (born April 30, 1996).

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Sarah Hugill - July 24 - 1972 - March 31 - 1977 - July 2 - 1979 - 1983 - Sarah Brightman - March 22 - 1984 - The Phantom of the Opera - 1990 - Madeleine Gurdon - February 1 - 1991 - May 3 - 1992 - August 24 - 1993 - April 30 - 1996

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He was knighted in 1992 and created a life peer in 1997 as Baron Lloyd-Webber, of Sydmonton in the County of Hampshire. (His peerage title is hyphenated, but his surname is not.) He is ranked the 65th richest Briton in the Sunday Times Rich List 2005, with an estimated wealth of £700m.

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1992 - Life peer - 1997 - Hyphenated - Sunday Times Rich List 2005

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Politically, he is an active supporter and promoter of the Conservative Party

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