Edmund Giles Loder | |
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Born | 7 August 1849 London, England |
Died | 14 April 1920 |
Residence |
Beach House, Worthing, West Sussex, England Leonardslee, Lower Beeding, West Sussex, England |
Nationality | English |
Education |
Eton College Trinity College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Landowner Plantsman |
Spouse(s) | Marion Hubbard |
Parent(s) |
Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet Maria Georgiana Busk |
Relatives | Hans Busk (maternal grandfather) |
Sir Edmund Giles Loder, 2nd Baronet (1849-1920) was an English aristocrat, landowner and plantsman.
Edmund Giles Loder was born on 7 August 1849 in London, England. His father was Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet (1823–1888), a landowner and Conservative politician, and his mother, Maria Georgiana Busk (1826–1907). His maternal grandfather was Hans Busk (1772–1862), a Welsh poet.
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.
He served as a Justice of the Peace for Sussex and Northampshire.
A dedicated plantsman, the rhododendron loderi, a variety of rhododendron, was named in his honor.
He married Marion Hubbard (1854-1922), daughter of William Egerton Hubbard. They had two children:
They resided at Beach House in Worthing, West Sussex. 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). They also resided at Leonardslee in Lower Beeding near Horsham in West Sussex.