I was intrigued to note that the surname Lloyd Webber only seemed to begin with Andrew and Julian's father William and wondered how that came about but it wasn't mentioned. I have found this on a Wikipedia entry devoted to the various members of the family:
By the age of 14, William Lloyd Webber had already become a well-known organ recitalist, giving frequent performances at many churches and cathedrals throughout Great Britain. He won an organ scholarship to the Mercers' School, later winning a further scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music, where he studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams and gained his FRCO diploma at nineteen. Because there was already another student at the college with the name William Webber, William continued to use his second middle name 'Lloyd' from then on as part of his last name.
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