Social Victorians/People/Loder

Also Known As

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  • Family name: Loder
  • Baron Wakehurst
    • Gerald Walter Erskine Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst (20 June 1934 – 30 April 1936)[1]
  • Gerald Loder, M.P. (1889–1905)

Demographics

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  • Nationality: British[2]

Residences

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  • Brighton, 1889–1905[2]
  • Wakehurst Place, Sussex, 1903–[2]

Family

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  • Gerald Walter Erskine Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst (25 October 1861 – 30 April 1936)
  • Lady Louise de Vere Beauclerk Loder (12 April 1869 – 15 December 1958)[3]
  1. John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst (5 February 1895 – 30 October 1970)
  2. Hon. Dorothy Cicely Sybil Loder (1896–1986)
  3. Victoria Helen Loder (1899 – November 1979)
  4. Hon. Diana Evelyn Loder (1899–1985)
  5. Mary Irene Loder (1 May 1902 – 7 January 1970)

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies

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Organizations

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  • Eton[2]
  • Trinity College, Cambridge[2]
  • Conservative[2]
  • House of Commons[2]

Timeline

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1890 October 25, Gerald Loder and Lady Louise de Vere Beauclerk married at St. George Hanover Square, London.[3]

1897 July 2, Gerald Loder attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House.

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball

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At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Gerald Loder (at 100)

  • dressed as a "Gentleman of the Court of Louis XVI., in black coat, trimmed gold, white brocaded vest, and breeches."[4]:8, Col. 1c
  • was "a courtier of Louis XVI."[5]:5, Col. 7c
  • "(gentleman of the Court of Louis XVI.), black coat with gold; white brocaded vest and breeches."[6]:40, Col. 2a

Mrs. Louise Loder is not listed among the attendees at the ball.

Questions and Notes

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  1. Mrs. Louise Loder is not listed among the attendees at the ball; was she there and just not reported on? No child was born that year, but she was bearing children during this time.
  2. The Loder Cup, a conservation award, is named for Gerald Loder.

Footnotes

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  1. "Gerald Walter Erskine Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Gerald Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst". Wikipedia. 2020-10-12. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald_Loder,_1st_Baron_Wakehurst&oldid=983146743. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Lady Louise de Vere Beauclerk." "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  4. "Fancy Dress Ball at Devonshire House." Morning Post Saturday 3 July 1897: 7 [of 12], Col. 4a–8 Col. 2b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18970703/054/0007.
  5. "Duchess of Devonshire's Fancy Ball. A Brilliant Spectacle. Some of the Dresses." London Daily News Saturday 3 July 1897: 5 [of 10], Col. 6a–6, Col. 1b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/18970703/024/0005 and https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000051/18970703/024/0006.
  6. “The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball.” The Gentlewoman 10 July 1897 Saturday: 32–42 [of 76], Cols. 1a–3c [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18970710/155/0032.