Giles Rolls Loder
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| Born | 10 November 1914 London, England |
| Died | 24 February 1999 (aged 84) Haywards Heath, East Sussex, England |
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| Spouse | Marie Violet Pamela Symons-Jeune |
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Sir Giles Rolls Loder, 3rd Baronet DL, J.P, FLS (1914–1999) was an English aristocrat, World War II veteran, public official, horticulturalist and yachtsman.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Giles Rolls Loder was born on 10 November 1914 in London, England.[1] His father was Robert Egerton Loder and his mother, Muriel Rolls Hoare. His paternal grandfather was Sir Edmund Giles Loder, 2nd Baronet and his paternal great-grandfather was Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet.
He graduated from Eton College in 1936, and from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1944.
Public service
[edit]During World War II, he served in the Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, and later worked with the Vosper & Company for the British Navy.[1] He later served as High Sheriff of Sussex in 1948 and Justice of the Peace in 1949. He also served as Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex in 1977.
Horticulture
[edit]He served as vice-president of The Royal Horticultural Society. He was a recipient of the Victoria Medal of Honour for his horticultural prowess in 1968.[1] At his family estate of Leonardslee, he planted hundreds of varieties of rhododendrons, magnolias, and camellias, and built two greenhouses.[1] He was elected President of Sussex Wildlife Trust on 21 October 1978 and remained in office until October 1983.
Yachting
[edit]An avid yachtsman, he was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.[1] He took part in the Cowes Week, one of the longest-running regular regattas in the world, where he sometimes skippered on the Kaylena, a well-known 12-metre (39 ft) yacht.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Loder is a Member of the Loder (Family)
On 11 July 1939, he married Marie Violet Pamela Symons-Jeune, at St Margeret Church in Westminster, daughter of Captain Bertram Symons-Jeune, a famous garden designer.[1] They had two sons:
- Sir Edmund Jeune Loder, 4th Baronet (born 1941). He married (and later divorced) Penelope Jane Forde. They had a daughter:
- Gillian Marie Loder (born 1968). She married James D. P. Morgan. They had two children:
- Mathew Morgan (born 1995).
- Olivia Morgan (born 1996).
- Gillian Marie Loder (born 1968). She married James D. P. Morgan. They had two children:
- Robert Reginald Loder (born 1943). He married Quenelda Jane Royden, daughter of Sir John Ledward Royden, 4th Baronet (1907–1976). They had four children:
- Christopher Giles Loder (born 1968).
- Catherine Marie Violet Loder (born 1970).
- Peter Thomas Loder (born 1972).
- Mary Charlotte Loder (born 1972).
They resided at Ockenden Manor, a Grade II*-listed house in Cuckfield, West Sussex.[2]
He died on 24 February 1999.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Obituaries: Sir Giles Loder Bt, The Independent, 22 March 1999
- ^ British Listed Buildings: Ockenden House
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- English gardeners
- English horticulturists
- 1914 births
- 1999 deaths
- Deputy lieutenants of West Sussex
- High sheriffs of Sussex
- Victoria Medal of Honour recipients
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Loder family
- Sailors from London
- People from Cuckfield
- People educated at Eton College
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- 20th-century English botanists