Do not confuse with her daughter Thompson, Kate, 1856-1934 [nb2010000667]
Scherzo, 1899? t.p. (Lady Thompson)
Grove Music online, 26 Mar. 2013 (Kate (Fanny) Loder, pianist and composer; born 21 Aug. 1825 in Bath; died 30 Aug. 1904 in Headley, Surrey; in 1851 she married Henry Thompson, an eminent surgeon; her works include an opera "L'elisir d'amore", an overture, two string quartets, a piano trio, a sonata in E for violin and piano, and various sonatas and other pieces for piano and for violin and piano; her songs include "My faint spirit")
Oxford DNB online, 26 Mar. 2013 under entry for her brother George Loder, 1816-1868 (his sister Kate Fanny Loder, a successful pianist and composer, was born in Bath on 21 Aug. 1825; in 1844 she became a professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music, where she had previously studied; in 1851 she married the surgeon Henry Thompson (1820-1904), with whom she had a son and two daughters; her husband was knighted in 1867 and created a baronet in 1899; she became paralysed after 1871 and died in Headley, Surrey, on 30 Aug. 1904)
The Times (London, England), Thurs. 1 Sept. 1904 obit. (Lady Thompson, widow of the famous surgeon Sir Henry Thompson, died on Tuesday at Headley, Surrey, aged 79; Miss Kate Fanny Loder, daughter of Mr. George Loder of Bath, had obtained a considerable reputation as a pianist)
RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project website, 26 Mar. 2013 yesterday's people (Kate Fanny Loder, born 21 Aug. 1825 in Bathwick St. Mary, Somerset; died 30 Aug. 1904 in Headley Rectory, Epsom, Surrey; in 1851 she married Henry Thompson (1820-1904), later an eminent surgeon; Lady Thompson, better known as Kate Loder, the name under which she earned her reputation both as a pianist and a composer)
Wikipedia, 26 Mar. 2013 under Kate Loder (Kate Fanny Loder, later Lady Thompson, born 21 Aug. 1825, died 30 Aug. 1904, was an English composer and pianist)