Edmund Giles Loder

Edmund Giles Loder was born on 7 August 1849 in London, England.[1][2] His father was Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet, a landowner and Conservative politician, and his mother, Maria Georgiana Busk. His maternal grandfather was Hans Busk, 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.

Loder was active as a plant collector, breeder and grower. He developed hybrid rhododendrons from crosses between R. fortunei and R. griffithianum. The plants were named the Loderi hybrids and group in his honour. Three, Loderi King George, Loderi Pink Diamond and Loder's White, have received the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. He developed the garden at his home at Leonardslee extensively.[3]

Loder is a Member of the Loder (Family)

He married Marion Hubbard, daughter of William Egerton Hubbard. They had two children:

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

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]