Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet, DL, JP (7 August 1823 – May 1888) was an English landowner, magistrate and Conservative politician. Loder is a Member of the Loder (Family)

Biography

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. Sir Robert and Lady Loder had ten children: Sir Robert and Lady Loder had a number of homes, including Beach House in Worthing, West Sussex where Sir Robert died in May 1888, at the age of sixty-four, and was buried in the churchyard of Whittlebury, 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.