Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet

Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet, DL, JP (7 August 1823-May 1888) was an English landowner, magistrate and Conservative politician.

Early life

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.

Inheritance

He inherited a considerable fortune from his father and had extensive estates in Northamptonshire 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.

At the 1880 general election, he was elected Member of Parliament for New Shoreham. He held the seat until 1885. 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.

Personal life

He married Maria Georgiana Busk (1826-1907), fourth daughter of Hans Busk (1772–1862), a Welsh poet. They had ten children:

• Sir Edmund Giles Loder, 2nd Baronet (1849–1920). He married Marion Hubbard. They had two children:
  • Patience Marion Loder (1882–1963). She married Walter William Otter (unknown-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).
• Lt.-Col. Alfred Basil Loder (1855–1905).
• Clare Robert Loder (1857–1857).
• Adela Maria Loder (1859–1915).
• Gerald Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst (1861–1936).
• Reginald Bernhard Loder (1864–1931).
• Sydney Loder (1867–1944).
• Eustace Loder(1867–1914).

They resided at Beach House in Worthing, West Sussex. He died there in May 1888, at the age of sixty-four, and was buried in the churchyard of Whittlebury, where he had restored the church.