Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet
Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet, DL, JP was an English landowner, magistrate and Conservative politician.Biography
Early life
Robert Loder was born on 7 August 1823 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His father was Giles Loder of Wilsford near Salisbury in Wiltshire, and his mother, Elizabeth Higgbotham, 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, fourth daughter of Hans Busk, a Welsh poet. They had ten children:
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.
