Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet
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| Born | 7 August 1823 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | 27 May 1888 Worthing, West Sussex, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Education | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Landowner Magistrate Politician |
| Spouse | Maria Georgiana Busk |
| Parent(s) | Giles Loder Elizabeth Higgbotham |
| Relatives | Hans Busk (father-in-law) |
Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet, DL, JP (7 August 1823 – May 1888) was an English landowner, magistrate and Conservative politician. Loder is a Member of the Loder (Family)
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Robert Loder was born on 7 August 1823 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His father was Giles Loder (1786–1871) of Wilsford near Salisbury in Wiltshire, and his mother, Elizabeth Higgbotham (unknown-1848), daughter of John Higgbotham, of Saint Petersburg. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[1]
Inheritance
[edit]He inherited a considerable fortune from his father and had extensive estates in Northamptonshire and Sussex as well as in Russia and Sweden.[2]
Career
[edit]He was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Sussex and a JP for Northamptonshire. In 1877, he served as the High Sheriff of Sussex.[3]
At the 1880 general election, he was elected Member of Parliament for New Shoreham.[4] He held the seat until 1885.[5] In 1887 Loder was created a Baronet, of Whittlebury in the County of Northampton, and of High Beeches in Slaugham in the County of Sussex.[6]
Personal life
[edit]He married Maria Georgiana Busk (1826–1907), fourth daughter of Hans Busk (1772–1862), a Welsh poet. Sir Robert and Lady Loder had ten children:
- Sir Edmund Giles Loder, 2nd Baronet (1849–1920). He married Marion Hubbard. They had had two children:
- Patience Marion Loder (1882–1963). She married Walter William Otter (1879-1940).
- Robert Egerton Loder (1887–1917). He married Muriel Rolls Hoare (1879–1955). They had one son:
- Sir Giles Rolls Loder, 3rd Baronet (1914–1999). He married Marie Violet Pamela Symons-Jeune (unknown-2005). They had two sons:
- Sir Edmund Jeune Loder, 4th Baronet (born 1941).
- Robert Reginald Loder (born 1943).
- Sir Giles Rolls Loder, 3rd Baronet (1914–1999). He married Marie Violet Pamela Symons-Jeune (unknown-2005). They had two sons:
- Wilfrid Hans Loder (1851–1902).
- Etheldreda Mary Loder (1853–1921). She married Sir Charles Raymond Burrell, 6th Baronet on 22 July 1872
- Lt.-Col. Alfred Basil Loder (1855–1905).
- Clare Robert Loder (1857–1857).
- Adela Maria Loder (1859–1915).
- Gerald Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst (1861–1936). He married Lady Louise de Vere Beauclerk, eldest daughter of William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans, in 1890.[7]
- Reginald Bernhard Loder (1864–1931).
- Sydney Loder (1867–1944).
- Major Eustace Loder(1867–1914).
Sir Robert and Lady Loder had a number of homes, including Beach House in Worthing, West Sussex where Sir Robert died in May 1888, at the age of sixty-four, and was buried in the churchyard of Whittlebury, where he had restored the church.
Family inter-marriage
[edit]On 2 March 1905, "The Dowager Lady Loder" was a guest at the wedding of her granddaughter, Miss Mary Emma Burrell, daughter of the Sir Charles Raymond Burrell, 6th Baronet to Alan Cecil Lupton, a grandson of Lady Loder's first cousin, Anna Jane Lupton (née Busk, 1813–1888). Mr and Mrs Alan Cecil Lupton were third cousins, both being descended from Sir Wadsworth Busk, Sir Robert Loder's grandfather-in-law. Lady Loder died 15 November 1907.[8][9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Loder, Robert (LDR843R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ How Sir Giles divided his fortune, The New York Times, 20 June 1888
- ^ Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
- ^ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Robert Loder, Bt
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
- ^ "No. 25723". The London Gazette. 22 July 1887. p. 4002.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 3461. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ "Mr. Mr Alan Cecil Lupton to Miss Mary Burrell and also FUNERAL OF LADY LODER". (1st article) Gentlewoman London, England 18 March 1905 also [2nd article] Northampton Mercury Northamptonshire, England 22 November 1907 ... 1905. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
...[Wedding (which was on 2nd March 1905) article]Mr. Alan Cecil Lupton to Miss Mary Burrell...[gifts]...Dowager Lady Burrell, diamond crown, five flounces of Italian and Flemish lace; Dowager Lady Loder, diamond necklace; Sir Edmund Loder....[Funeral article, November 1907] – ...officiated at the graveside. The mourners were: The Dowager Lady Burrell, Lady Margaret Loder, Mrs. Lloyd Anstruther, Sir E. Loder, Mr. Gerald Loder, Mr. Reginald Loder, Major Eustace Loder, Mr. Sidney Loder, [Mr and Mrs Alan Cecil Lupton]...Lord Alfred Fitzroy... ..
- ^ "Ball". Leeds Intelligencer Yorkshire, England. 18 January 1845. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
...the ball being opened by Lieut. Col. Beckett and the Mayoress, Mrs. Darnton Lupton [nee Anna Jane Busk]. Amongst the gentry and military persons present we observed the Mayor...
- ^ "Mrs Robert Loder and Miss Loder (Maria Georgiana, Lady Loder (née Busk); Etheldreda Mary Loder)". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 20 October 2021.