4. Doreen Wedgbury
81, retired teacher
Connection: She invited Walton to lunch at a music festival.
Investment: $59,635

5. Anne Taylor
writer
Connection: She sent Walton a note after hearing him play in a concert in 1999; she also financed his recent recording, to be released in October, of Elgar’s Cello Concerto.
Investment: $49,692

6. Adrian Hopkinson
54, financial analyst
Connection: They met through Hopkinson’s father-in-law.
Investment: $29,817

7. Pat Legg
68, retired cellist
Connection: Legg was a lecturer at the Royal Northern College of Music when Walton was a student; she bought his previous cello from him 10 years ago.
Investment: $9,938

8. Stephen Barber
52, banker
Kimiko Barber
50, food writer
Connection: Walton was Kimiko’s cello teacher.
Investment: $9,938

9. Iso Minio
72, retired Italian teacher
Connection: She was also a student of Walton’s.
Investment: $3,975

10. William Birch Reynardson
83, retired barrister and board member of the Garsington Opera in Oxfordshire

Vernon Ellis
60, An international chairman of accenture and chairman of the English National Opera

Peter Woodford
(see No. 3) 

This grouping represents the combined contributions of Reynardson and Ellis, who both declined to say how much they invested, and Woodford, who loaned Walton an undisclosed sum on top of his 6.1 percent stake.
Investment and loan: $294,608