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 Gage, 1st Baronet was to Mary, daughter of Sir William Hervey of Ickworth, Suffolk, by whom he had one son, Sir William, his successor, and two daughters. He married secondly Frances, a daughter of Walter Aston, 2nd Lord Aston of Forfar. Sir Edward married, thirdly, Anne Watkins, by whom he had one son, and fourthly Lady Elizabeth Fielding, daughter of George Feilding, 1st Earl of Desmond. His final marriage was to his fourth wife's relation, Bridget Fielding. Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Gage, 1st Baronet (c.1617 – January 1707) was an English baronet. Gage was born at Firle, East Sussex, the