Sarah Hugill was once referred to as Sarah Lloyd Webber. She is the first of the three women Andrew Lloyd Webber has ever been married to. Sarah, a Brit is also the mother of broadcaster Imogen Lloyd Webber and the late English producer and composer Nick Lloyd Webber.
Huggil was also a one-time secretary of Llyod Webber. Regardless, she keeps a private life. On the other hand, her ex, Andrew Lloyd Webber is famous for composing songs such as The Likes of Us (1965), Sunset Boulevard (1993), The Beautiful Game (2000), Love Never Dies (2010), The Wizard of Oz (2011), and Cinderella (2021)
Her Parents Were WWII Veterans and Her Father is One of the Men James Bond is About
Sarah Jane Hugill was born to parents, Fanny Hugill (mother) and Tony Hugill (father). They were both active in the Second World War.
Sarah’s mother Fanny (1923-2023) was a Wren and Navy plotter who was vital in masterminding the Allied landings in North Africa in 1943, and the D-Day landings in Normandy in 1944. She later received the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur – France’s highest military honor.
In a similar vein, Sarah’s father Tony Hugill was a spy during WWII. He worked with the famous Ian Fleming. Also, Hugill is one of the men the James Bond franchise is about. About Tony, Daily Mail wrote:
he won the Croix de Guerre for bluffing a German commander into surrendering an entire French village. He had served in the 30 Assault Unit set up by James Bond author Ian Fleming. Tony wasn’t over-keen on Fleming. Nonetheless he gets a big name-check in Casino Royale and is supposed to be one of the role models for James Bond himself.
Away from that, Lloyd Webber’s ex-wife has 3 siblings – a brother and two sisters.
Sarah Hugill Met Her Famous Spouse When She was 16 and Married at 18
Hugill met Lloyd Webber on January 21, 1970, when she was 16 years old and shortly before she was 17. She was a student at the time and Webber was 21 and already famous. It was also the same year that Webber composed Jesus Christ Superstar.
The former couple met at a friend’s party. Then, they later went on a date and Webber felt they needed to meet again.
Then, Sarah offered to be the composer’s secretary and it didn’t take long before they fell in love. Subsequently, Webber engaged Sarah using his old car.
Of the engagement, Webber said, “I proposed to Sarah in late 1970, which was a stupid formality; we had long presumed we would get hitched as soon as she legally could.”
They married in a simple ceremony on 24 July 1971, when Sarah turned 18.
They Became Parents of 2 Famous Children
Sarah and Weber had two children – a daughter Imogen and a son Nick Lloyd. Here is what to know about them.
Imogen Lloyd Webber is a Renowned Broadcaster and Author
She was born on March 31, 1977. She is a British broadcaster, author, and marketing and communication executive.
She is a contributor to the American news-based TV channel and website MSNBC. She also works with networks such as Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network.
Imogen, also the senior vice president of marketing & communications at Concord Theatricals has hosted the Tony Awards specials for Broadway.com/CBS, contributed to the covering of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding, interviewed her famous father, and as a guest on Red Eye among others.
As a writer, Sarah’s daughter is the author of a non-fiction book The Single Girl’s Guide, The Twitter Diaries: 2 Cities, 1 Friendship, 140 Characters, and The Intelligent Conversationalist: 31 Cheat Sheets That Will Show You How to Talk to Anyone About Anything, Anytime.
Nick Lloyd Webber was a Composer
He is the second and last child born to Sarah and Andrew Lloyd Webber. He was an English composer and record producer born on July 22, 1979.
In his career, he composed the music for Fat Friends The Musical (theatrical production, 2017), Mon Amour Mon Parapluie (short film. 2001), 56 Up (TV documentary, 2012), The Little Prince (theatrical production, 2016), Love, Lies and Records (BBC One, 2017), and Control Z (Netflix series, 2021).
Nick was married to theater producer and designer Charlotte Windmill and they had a daughter. He was later married to Polly Wiltshire with whom he had two children.
He died at the age of 43 on 25 March 2023 at Basingstoke Hospital, after suffering from gastric cancer for 18 months.
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Her Divorce From Andrew Lloyd Webber
Sarah and her famous ex-husband were married for 12 years until their divorce on 14 November 1983. In his memoir, Unmasked, Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote about how he thought they would be together always. However, he failed when he cheated on her.
In any case and after the divorce, Lloyd Webber married Sarah Brightman in 1984 and divorced in 1990. He then married Madeleine Gurdon with whom he fathered 3 children.
