Editing Andrew Lloyd Webber (section)

==Wealth==
The ''[[Sunday Times Rich List 2006]]'' ranked him the 87th-richest person in Britain with an estimated fortune of [[pound sterling|£]]700&nbsp;million. His wealth increased to £750&nbsp;million in 2007, but the publication ranked him [[Sunday Times Rich List 2008|101st in 2008]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/rich_list_search|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706182513/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/specials/rich_list/rich_list_search/|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 July 2008|work=Sunday Times|title=Rich List 2007|access-date=2 October 2008|location=London}}</ref> ''The Sunday Times'' [[Sunday Times Rich List|Rich List]] of 2019 saw him ranked [[List of music artists by net worth|the richest musician in the UK]] (overtaking [[Paul McCartney]]) with a fortune of £820&nbsp;million ($1.074&nbsp;billion).<ref name="fortune">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48204955|title=Ed Sheeran tops Adele as Stormzy joins Sunday Times Rich List|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=9 May 2019|date=9 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=How composer Andrew Lloyd Webber built a billion dollar fortune off 'Cats' and 'The Phantom of the Opera' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/andrew-lloyd-webber-net-worth-cats-phantom-of-the-opera-2019-12?r=US&IR=T |access-date=21 November 2023 |work=Business Insider}}</ref> He lives at [[Sydmonton Court]], Hampshire, and owns much of nearby [[Watership Down, Hampshire|Watership Down]].<ref>Lloyd Webber, Andrew (2018). ''Unmasked: A Memoir''. p. 188. London: Harper Collins.</ref>

Lloyd Webber is an [[art collector]], with a passion for [[Victorian painting]]. An exhibition of works from his collection was presented at the [[Royal Academy]] in 2003 under the title ''Pre-Raphaelite and Other Masters – The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection''. In 2006, Lloyd Webber planned to sell ''[[Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto]]'' by [[Pablo Picasso]] to benefit the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aFsbc2fOE9l8|title=Andrew Lloyd Webber Auctions Art For Charity|publisher=Bloomberg.com|access-date=27 September 2014|date=17 March 2010}}</ref> In November 2006, he withdrew the painting from auction after a claim that the previous owner had been forced to sell it under duress in [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theartwolf.com/news/picasso_soto_withdrawn/|title=Picasso's Angel Fernandez de Soto withdrawn from Christie's sale|date=6 November 2006 |publisher=The Art Wolf|access-date=18 March 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100323054533/http://www.theartwolf.com/picasso_soto_withdrawn.htm|archive-date=23 March 2010|url-status = live}}</ref> An out-of-court settlement was reached, where the foundation retained ownership rights.<ref name="AFP">{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lloyd+Webber's+Picasso+to+be+sold+after+Nazi+row+settled-a01612169204|title=Lloyd Webber's Picasso to be sold after Nazi row settled|date=17 March 2010|agency=Agence France-Presse|access-date=18 March 2010|archive-date=26 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126024925/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Lloyd+Webber%27s+Picasso+to+be+sold+after+Nazi+row+settled-a01612169204|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 23 June 2010, the painting was sold at auction for £34.7&nbsp;million to an anonymous telephone bidder.<ref>{{cite news |title=Picasso reaches £34.7m in Christie's auction |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10396341.stm |url-status=live |work=BBC News|date=24 June 2010 |access-date=26 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626060753/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10396341.stm |archive-date= 26 June 2010}}</ref>