{{Short description|English aristocrat and WWII veteran (1914–1999)}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=February 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{upscaled images|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Giles Rolls Loder | image = 250px | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date|10 November 1914}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{d-da|24 February 1999|10 November 1914}} | death_place = Haywards Heath, East Sussex, England | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = {{ubl|Horticulturalist|Yachtsman}} | spouse = Marie Violet Pamela Symons-Jeune | children = | parents = {{ubl|Robert Egerton Loder|Muriel Rolls Hoare}} | relatives = }} '''Sir Giles Rolls Loder, 3rd Baronet''' DL, J.P, FLS (1914–1999) was an English aristocrat, World War II veteran, public official, horticulturalist and yachtsman.
==Biography== ===Early life=== Giles Rolls Loder was born on 10 November 1914 in London, England.<ref name="independent">[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-sir-giles-loder-bt-1082282.html Obituaries: Sir Giles Loder Bt], ''The Independent'', 22 March 1999</ref> His father was Robert Egerton Loder and his mother, Muriel Rolls Hoare. His paternal grandfather was Sir Edmund Giles Loder, 2nd Baronet and his paternal great-grandfather was Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet.
He graduated from Eton College in 1936, and from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1944.
===Public service=== During World War II, he served in the Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry, and later worked with the Vosper & Company for the British Navy.<ref name="independent"/> He later served as High Sheriff of Sussex in 1948 and Justice of the Peace in 1949. He also served as Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex in 1977.
===Horticulture=== He served as vice-president of The Royal Horticultural Society. He was a recipient of the Victoria Medal of Honour for his horticultural prowess in 1968.<ref name="independent"/> At his family estate of Leonardslee, he planted hundreds of varieties of rhododendrons, magnolias, and camellias, and built two greenhouses.<ref name="independent"/> He was elected President of Sussex Wildlife Trust on 21 October 1978 and remained in office until October 1983.
===Yachting=== An avid yachtsman, he was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.<ref name="independent"/> 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 {{convert|12|m|adj=on}} yacht.<ref name="independent"/>
===Personal life===
Loder is a Member of the Loder (Family)
On 11 July 1939, he married Marie Violet Pamela Symons-Jeune, at St Margeret Church in Westminster, daughter of Captain Bertram Symons-Jeune, a famous garden designer.<ref name="independent"/> They had two sons: * Sir Edmund Jeune Loder, 4th Baronet (born 1941). He married (and later divorced) Penelope Jane Forde. They had a daughter: ** Gillian Marie Loder (born 1968). She married James D. P. Morgan. They had two children: *** Mathew Morgan (born 1995). *** Olivia Morgan (born 1996). * Robert Reginald Loder (born 1943). He married Quenelda Jane Royden, daughter of Sir John Ledward Royden, 4th Baronet (1907–1976). They had four children: ** Christopher Giles Loder (born 1968). ** Catherine Marie Violet Loder (born 1970). ** Peter Thomas Loder (born 1972). ** Mary Charlotte Loder (born 1972).
They resided at Ockenden Manor, a Grade II*-listed house in Cuckfield, West Sussex.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-302998-ockenden-house-cuckfield-west-sussex British Listed Buildings: Ockenden House]</ref>
He died on 24 February 1999.<ref name="independent"/>
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