Giles Rolls Loder

Giles Rolls Loder was born on 10 November 1914 in London, England.[1][2] His father was Robert Egerton Loder (1887–1917) and his mother, Muriel Rolls Hoare (1879–1955).[1] His paternal grandfather was Sir Edmund Giles Loder, 2nd Baronet (1849–1920) and his paternal great-grandfather was Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet (1823–1888).[1]

He graduated from Eton College, a private boarding school in Eton, Berkshire, in 1936, and from Trinity College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, in 1944.[1]

During World War II, he served in the Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, and later worked with the Vosper & Company for the British Navy.[2] He later served as High Sheriff of Sussex in 1948 and Justice of the Peace in 1949.[1] He also served as Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex in 1977.[1]

He served as Vice-President of The Royal Horticultural Society.[1] He was a recipient of the Victoria Medal of Honour for his horticultural prowess in 1968.[2] At his family estate of Leonardslee, he planted hundreds of varieties of rhododendrons, magnolias, and camellias, and built two greenhouses.[2] He was elected President of Sussex Wildlife Trust on 21 October 1978 and remained in office until October 1983.

An avid yachtsman, he was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.[2] 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 yacht.[2]

On 11 July 1939, he married Marie Violet Pamela Symons-Jeune (unknown-2005), daughter of Captain Bertram Symons-Jeune, a famous garden designer.[1][2] They had two sons:

• Sir Edmund Jeune Loder, 4th Baronet (born 1941).[1] He married (and later divorced) Penelope Jane Forde.[1] They had a daughter:
  • Gillian Marie Loder (born 1968).[1] She married James D. P. Morgan.[1] They had two children:
    • Mathew Morgan (born 1995).[1]
    • Olivia Morgan (born 1996).[1]
• Robert Reginald Loder (born 1943).[1] He married Quenelda Jane Royden, daughter of Sir John Ledward Royden, 4th Baronet (1907–1976).[1] They had four children:
  • Christopher Giles Loder (born 1968).[1]
  • Catherine Marie Violet Loder (born 1970).[1]
  • Peter Thomas Loder (born 1972).[1]
  • Mary Charlotte Loder (born 1972).[1]

They resided at Ockenden Manor, a Grade II*-listed house in Cuckfield, West Sussex.[1][3]

He died on 24 February 1999.[1][2]