Jump to content

Giles Rolls Loder

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Giles Rolls Loder
Born10 November 1914 (1914-11-10)
London, England
Died24 February 1999 (1999-02-25) (aged 84)
Occupations
  • Horticulturalist
  • Yachtsman
SpouseMarie Violet Pamela Symons-Jeune
Parents
  • Robert Egerton Loder
  • Muriel Rolls Hoare

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).
  • 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]
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
(of Whittlebury and High Beeches)
1920–1999
Succeeded by