The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-24
FAMILY OF ARENBERG
ENJOYS GREAT RIGHT
formed the vanguard of the force
which raised the siege of Ladysmith.

AS predicted in March last wear.
when Gabrielle Ray, the English must
cal comedy actress, for the purpose OF
creating a newspaper sensation, failed
to put in an appearance at church at
the time SGT for her wedding to Eric
Loder, leaving him and the hundreds
OF guests who had been invited with
out any explanation of her absence
going through the ceremony, how ever,
twenty-four hours later, the union has
come to grief. Eric Loder has tired
OF the ladys whims and fancies, which.
while barely tolerable in the case OF
O footlight divinity, became unbear-
able in the wife. The result is that
to-day she is suing him for desertion
and for restoration of her conjugal
rights, to which he offers no defense
and which is the preliminary step OF
a divorce.
Eric Loder is a grandson OF the rist
ba, onet. Sir Robert Loder. ana n
nephew of the present baronet; while
another OF his uncles is Major Eustace
1oGer. the well-known racing man,
steward Of the Jockey Club. and win
ner of the Derby of 1906 with Spear
mint.
The Loders are enormously rich. and
derive their fortune from the enter
prise of honest Giles" Loder, of Austin
Friais, who, at TIE age Of twenty
four, emigrated to Russia and embark
ed in the tallow trade, amassin. an
immense fortune. There are some who
insist that the Loders arc OF Russian
Jewish origin. But this Is dericd Nv
themselves, and they claim that their
family originated in Dorsetehirc sew
eral hundred years ago. Honest Giles
Loder's wealth was so greatly increas-
cd by his sons that his descendants
although tolerably numerous, axe all
extremely we'll of.
Old CHESS eldest son the late Sh,
Robert Loder, was created q baronet
III 1887, on rt.c occasion of Queen Me-
itr:as golden juSilcz. and near Iate..
was succeeded by his son. the present
head OF the family. Sir Edmund. who
has LCen orc OF the Champion rifle
shots in England. and who, a. Leon
ardslee, his place in Sussex, one OF the
most beautiful and largest parks IN
the south Of England. has acclimatlzcd
all sorts OF foreign animals.
There kangaroos, emus, Patagonian
hares+ Chinese deer, and American
prairie dogs roam at large In a por-
Ten of the park devoted 10 their en-
istence, and which is appropriately
known as Paradise. A feature of 1t is
the large and thriving colony of
North American beavers. whose clever
engineering works are source OF
never ending interest. Leonardsiee, by
the by, figures In one of the adven-
lures of the redoubtable Pycroft, Of
Rudyard Kipling's later books.
Sir Edmund has for some time past
been one of the advocates of tho con-
version of several of the crown forests
into sanctuaries for wild animals both
native and foreign, in the same way
as the Yellowstone Park. in this coun-
try. Is used as a preserve for deer,
bison and bear.
Lady Louisa Loder his sister-in-law
AN aunt, therefore, OF Eric Loder-
Is we'll known on this side of the At
iantic, owing 10 her frequent visits
here when her uncle. Lord Grey, was
Governor-General OF Canada. Married
to Gerald Loder. Member OF Parlia-
meht for Brighton. she is a sister OF
the present Duke of ST. Adams, and, as
such, is n lineal descendant OF Nell
Gwyn. whose son by Charles II. was
first Duke of st. Adams. Her mother,
the late dukes first wife. and who
died in her infancy, was a sister OF
Lord Grey, and daughter, therefore,,
of old General Grey, who was for so
many years the most trusted and con-
ndential secretary of Queen Victoria,
and of the prince consort.
Copyright, 1918, by the Brentwood
Company