LOCOCK, Sidney (3 son of the preceding). b. 9 Hanover sq. London 14 May 1834; unpaid attaché at Athens 7 May 1853; secretary of legation in Japan 1865, at the Hague 1868; secretary of embassy at Constantinople 1872; minister resident and consul general to republics of Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Salvador 23 May 1874 to 12 Feb. 1881; minister resident in Servia 16 April 1881; appointed envoy extraord. and min. plenipo. to emperor of Brazil 11 Feb. 1885 but did not proceed. d. 22 Southwick st. Hyde park, London 30 Aug. 1885. Foreign Office List (1886) 213.
LODER, Edward James (eld. son of John David Loder, violinist 1788–1846). b. Bath 1813; pupil of Ferdinand Ries at Frankfort 1826–34; composed music for J. S. Arnold’s drama Nourjahad produced at English opera house, London, July 1834; musical director at Princess’s theatre about 1846–50, then conductor at Manchester; composed the operas of The Dice of Death 1835, The Foresters 1845, The Deerstalkers 1845, The Night Dancers produced at Princess’s Oct. 1846, revived there 1850, and at Covent Garden 1860; Raymond and Agnes produced at Manchester 1855 and at St. James’s theatre London 1859 and other operas; published three sets of Songs 1837–8; his name is attached to 150 pieces of music; author of First principles of singing 1838; The modern pianoforte tutor 18—, new ed. 1870. d. London 5 April 1865. I.L.N. xxxiii 491 (1858), portrait.
Note.—He m. a dau. of the choral conductor at Covent Garden, she was b. London 1813, ed. at R. Academy of music, went to U.S. of America in 1840 and made her debut with Braham at a concert in the Tabernacle, New York, Nov. 1840, sang for 8 seasons at the Old Philharmonic and Assembly concert rooms taking soprano parts; a teacher of music and singing 1870–80. d. New York 28 Feb. 1880.
LODER, George (son of George Loder of Bath, flute-player). b. Bath about 1816; resided at Baltimore, U.S. of America, some years; musical director of Olympic theatre, New York 1839; principal of New York vocal institute 1844; conductor for Anna Bishop at Adelaide 1856; conductor with Lyster’s opera troupe; organist, vocalist, conductor and composer in London 1860; published in 1861 his comic operetta Pets of the Parterre, which had been produced at Lyceum theatre; published his musical entertainment The old house at home 1862; The New York glee book 1844 contains several part-songs by him; published The middle voice 1860, 12 solfeggi, and various separate songs. d. the hospital, Adelaide, S. Australia 15 July 1868.
LODER, Giles. b. 9 Oct. 1786; Russia merchant at 5 Adam’s court, Old Broad st. City of London 1839; purchased estate of Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, from Lord Southampton’s trustees for £335,000. d. 1 Clarendon place, Hyde park gardens, London 19 Aug. 1871, personalty sworn under £3,000,000, 31 Aug. I.L.N. 9 Sep. 1871 p. 235.
LODER, John Fawcett (brother of Edward James Loder 1813–65). b. 1812; orchestral leader and manager of concerts at Bath; violinist in London, and leader of concerts and festivals; played the viola in Dando’s quartet at Crosby hall, London 1842–53. d. Hawley crescent, London 16 April 1853. Grove’s Dict. of Music, i 429, ii 159 (1879–80).
LODER, Sir Robert, 1 Baronet (son of Giles Loder 1786–1871). b. 7 Aug. 1823; ed. Emmanuel coll. Camb.; inherited from his father the income of nearly two and a half millions of money, with power of appointment among his children, besides estates 1871; sheriff of Northampton 1877; M.P. Shoreham 1880–5; cr. baronet 27 July 1887; had estates in England, Russia and Sweden; a scientific farmer. d. Beach house, Worthing 27 May 1888, leaving more than £2,500,000 personalty.
LODGE, Robert John. b. April 1810; manager of Marine Insurance Co. 1839–88; salved from wreck of Royal Charter in 1859 £322,103 at a cost of 5⅓ per cent., and from the wreck of the Alfonso XII. in 1885 £90,000 from a depth of 26⅔ fathoms, these and other successes revolutionized the premium rate on specie; presented with a farewell address signed by 20 marine insurance companies and 60 members of Lloyd’s 1888; treasurer of Highgate literary and scientific institution. d. 7 The Grove, Highgate 1 April 1893.
LODWICK, Peter. Entered Bombay army 1799; lieut. marine battalion 26 May 1800, captain 23 May 1811; captain 11 N.I. 1818; lieut.-col. 6 N.I. 182- to 1829 or 1830; lieut.-col. 3 N.I. 1829 or 1830 to 1831; lieut.-col. 4 N.I. 1831 to 18 April 1833; lieut.-col. 11 N.I. 18 April 1833 to 1835 or 1836; lieut.-col. 20 N.I. 1835 or 1836 to 28 June 1838; col. 16 N.I. 9 Nov. 1840 to 1869; general 25 Jany. 1861. d. Bagnéres de Bigorre, France 28 Aug. 1873. Report of proceedings in case of The King, on the prosecution of J. Asplin v. Lodwick for a libel 1810.
LOEWE, Louis. b. of Jewish parents at Zülz Prussian Silesia 1809; ed. at univ. of Berlin, Ph. D.; travelled in the East 1836–9; lecturer on oriental languages to Duke of Sussex 1839; went to the East 13 times as secretary with sir Moses Montefiore 1839–74; principal of Jews’ College, Finsbury sq. London 1856; opened a Jewish boarding school at Brighton 1858; naturalised in England 12 July 1862; principal of the Judith theological college at Ramsgate 1868–88; member of Numismatic Soc. 27 Feb. 1845 and a contributor to the Chronicle 1856 etc.; translated J. B. Levinsohn’s Efés Dammim Conversations at Jerusalem 1841; author of A dictionary of the Circassian language 1854; edited Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore 2 vols. 1890. d. 53 Warwick road, Maida hill, London 5 Nov. 1888. Morais’s Eminent Israelites (1880) 208–11; Numismatic Chronicle 3 Series vol. ix Proceedings 22–3 (1889).