# Giles Rolls Loder > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Giles_Rolls_Loder > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Giles_Rolls_Loder.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Rolls_Loder > Source revision: 1322539923 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/London), England | death_date = {{d-da|24 February 1999|10 November 1914}} | death_place = [Haywards Heath](/source/Haywards_Heath), [East Sussex](/source/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](/source/Deputy_Lieutenant), [J.P](/source/Justice_of_the_Peace), [FLS](/source/Linnean_Society_of_London) (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](/source/London), England.[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-sir-giles-loder-bt-1082282.html Obituaries: Sir Giles Loder Bt], ''[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)'', 22 March 1999 His father was Robert Egerton Loder and his mother, Muriel Rolls Hoare. His paternal grandfather was [Sir Edmund Giles Loder, 2nd Baronet](/source/Sir_Edmund_Giles_Loder%2C_2nd_Baronet) and his paternal great-grandfather was [Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_Robert_Loder%2C_1st_Baronet). He graduated from [Eton College](/source/Eton_College) in 1936, and from [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge) in 1944. ===Public service=== During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), he served in the [Surrey](/source/Surrey_Yeomanry) and [Sussex Yeomanry](/source/Sussex_Yeomanry), and later worked with the [Vosper & Company](/source/Vosper_%26_Company) for the [British Navy](/source/British_Navy). He later served as [High Sheriff of Sussex](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Sussex) in 1948 and [Justice of the Peace](/source/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](/source/The_Royal_Horticultural_Society). He was a recipient of the [Victoria Medal of Honour](/source/Victoria_Medal_of_Honour) for his horticultural prowess in 1968. At his family estate of [Leonardslee](/source/Leonardslee), he planted hundreds of varieties of [rhododendron](/source/rhododendron)s, [magnolia](/source/magnolia)s, and [camellia](/source/camellia)s, and built two [greenhouse](/source/greenhouse)s. 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](/source/Royal_Yacht_Squadron). He took part in the [Cowes Week](/source/Cowes_Week), one of the longest-running regular [regatta](/source/regatta)s in the world, where he sometimes skippered on the [Kaylena](/source/Kaylena), a well-known {{convert|12|m|adj=on}} yacht. ===Personal life=== Loder is a Member of the [Loder (Family)](/source/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](/source/Bertram_Symons-Jeune), a famous garden designer. They had two sons: * [Sir Edmund Jeune Loder, 4th Baronet](/source/Sir_Edmund_Jeune_Loder%2C_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](/source/Robert_Reginald_Loder) (born 1943). He married Quenelda Jane Royden, daughter of [Sir John Ledward Royden, 4th Baronet](/source/Sir_John_Ledward_Royden%2C_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](/source/Ockenden_Manor), a [Grade II*](/source/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_West_Sussex)-listed house in [Cuckfield, West Sussex](/source/Cuckfield%2C_West_Sussex).[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-302998-ockenden-house-cuckfield-west-sussex British Listed Buildings: Ockenden House] He died on 24 February 1999. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-reg|uk-bt}} {{s-bef|before=[Edmund Giles Loder](/source/Edmund_Giles_Loder)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Baronet](/source/Loder_baronets)
'''(of Whittlebury and High Beeches)''' | years=1920–1999}} {{s-aft|after=[Edmund Jeune Loder](/source/Edmund_Jeune_Loder)}} {{s-end}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Loder, Giles Rolls}} Category:English gardeners Category:English horticulturists Category:1914 births Category:1999 deaths Category:Deputy lieutenants of West Sussex Category:High sheriffs of Sussex Category:Victoria Medal of Honour recipients Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Giles Rolls Category:Sailors from London Category:People from Cuckfield Category:People educated at Eton College Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Category:20th-century English botanists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Giles Rolls Loder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Rolls_Loder) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Rolls_Loder?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.