Edmund Giles Loder

Edmund Giles Loder was born on 7 August 1849 in London, England.[1][2][3] His father was Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet (1823–1888), a landowner and Conservative politician, and his mother, Maria Georgiana Busk (1826–1907).[1] His maternal grandfather was Hans Busk (1772–1862), a Welsh poet.[1]

He was educated at Eton College, a private boarding school in Eton, Berkshire, and graduated from Trinity College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.[1]

He served as a Justice of the Peace for Sussex and Northampshire.[1]

A dedicated plantsman, the rhododendron loderi, a variety of rhododendron, was named in his honor.[1]

He married Marion Hubbard (1854-1922), daughter of William Egerton Hubbard.[1] They had two children:

• Patience Marion Loder (1882–1963).[1] She married Walter William Otter (unknown-1940).[1]
• Robert Egerton Loder (1887–1917).[1] He married Muriel Rolls Hoare (1879–1955).[1] They had one son:
  • Sir Giles Rolls Loder, 3rd Baronet (1914–1999).[1]

They resided at Beach House in Worthing, West Sussex.[4] During his visits to Brighton, King Edward VII (1841–1910) would spend time in the garden at Beach House with his friend Arthur Sassoon (1840–1912).[4] They also resided at Leonardslee in Lower Beeding near Horsham in West Sussex.

He died on 14 April 1920.[1][2][3]