Edward Downes Edward Downes Sir Edward Thomas ("Ted") Downes, CBE (17 June 1924 – 10 July 2009) was an English conductor, specialising in opera. He was associated with the Royal Opera House from 1952, and with Opera Australia from 1970. He was also well known for his long working relationship with the BBC Philharmonic and for working with the Netherlands Radio Orchestra. Within the field of opera, he was particularly known as a conductor of Verdi. He and his wife, Lady (Joan) Downes, committed assisted suicide at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland on 10 July 2009, an event that received significant media
Sir Edward Bullock attacked her house and robbed her of gold and jewelry. Sir Edward Bullock Sir Edward Bullock of Faulkbourne (c. 1580 - 1644) was an English landowner, knighted by King James I and a Cavalier during the English Civil War. He purchased Faulkbourne Hall in 1637 which was held in the Bullock family for 260 years. Edward Bullock was born c. 1580, the elder son of Edward Bullock of Wigborough and Loftes in Great Totham and Joan Collen of High Laver, Essex. Edward married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Thomas Wylde of Glazeley Hall (died 1599), Salop and Kempsey, Worcester and