Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet,
DL,
JP (7 August 1823 – May 1888) was an English landowner, magistrate and
Conservative
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politician.
Biography
Early life
Robert Loder was born on 7 August 1823 in
Saint Petersburg
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,
Russia
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. His father was Giles Loder (1786–1871) of
Wilsford near
Salisbury
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Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...
in
Wiltshire
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, and his mother, Elizabeth Higgbotham (unknown-1848), daughter of John Higgbotham, of Saint Petersburg. He was educated at
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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.
Inheritance
He inherited a considerable fortune from his father and had extensive estates in
Northamptonshire
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two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
and
Sussex as well as in Russia and
Sweden.
Career
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
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.
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At the 1880 general election, he was elected Member of Parliament
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for New Shoreham.
Personal life
He married Maria Georgiana Busk (1826–1907), fourth daughter of Hans Busk Hans Busk may refer to:
* Hans Busk (1718–1792), older brother of Sir Wadsworth Busk
* Hans Busk (1772–1862), son of Sir Wadsworth Busk
* Hans Busk (1815–1882)
Hans Busk the younger DL (11 May 1815 in London – 11 March 1882 in Westmins ...
(1772–1862), a Welsh
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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).
* 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
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...
(1861–1936). He married Lady Louise de Vere Beauclerk, eldest daughter of William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans
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, in 1890.Major Eustace Loder
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(1867–1914).
Sir Robert and Lady Loder had a number of homes, including Beach House
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Their self-titled debut album was released in 2006 to ...
in Worthing
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, West Sussex
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where Sir Robert died in May 1888, at the age of sixty-four, and was buried in the churchyard of Whittlebury
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History
It is due south of the town of Towcester, to which it is connected by main roads. At the time of ...
, where he had restored the church.
Family inter-marriage
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.
References
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1823 births
1888 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1880–1885
Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Deputy Lieutenants of Sussex
High Sheriffs of Sussex
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom