John Loder (c. 1726 – 1805) was a clergyman, landowner and founder of the Old Berkshire Hunt.
Family
Loder was a descendant of a family that were landowners at Princes Harwell in the time of
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was List of English monarchs, Queen of England and List of Irish monarchs, Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is ...
.
Education
He was educated at
John Roysse
John Roysse (1500 or 1501–1571) was an English mercer and benefactor of Abingdon School in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
Personal life
John Roysse was probably connected with the Roysse family of East Hagbourne but there are few records appertaining ...
's
Free School in
Abingdon, (now
Abingdon School
Abingdon School is a day and boarding independent school for boys in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The twentieth oldest independent British school, it celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2006. The school was described as "highly ...
) c. 1735–1742. He was M.A.
Oriel College
Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, wh ...
, Oxford.
Career
Loder was the hunting parson who established the Old Berkshire Hunt
at Hinton Manor, where the kennels were located from 1760 to 1814. Loder passed on the mastership in 1800, to his son-in-law Robert Symonds.
He was rector of
Hinton Waldrist
Hinton Waldrist is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, England. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The village is between Oxford and Faringdon, southwest of Oxford. The pa ...
and
lord of the manor
Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ...
s of Hinton and
Longworth
Longworth is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, England. The 1974 boundary changes transferred it from Berkshire to Oxfordshire. The village lies between Faringdon, to its west, and Oxford, to the north-east. The 2011 Cen ...
.
He was the owner of Balstone Park in Hinton Waldrist.
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He was a steward of the Old Abingdonian Club in 1758.][
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See also
* List of Old Abingdonians
Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School or, in some cases, Honorary Old Abingdonians who have been awarded the status based on service to the School. The Old Abingdonians also run the Old Abingdonian Club (OA club) which is an organ ...
References
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1720s births
1805 deaths
People educated at Abingdon School
Year of birth uncertain