Mrs Eric Loder – The Bystander – Wednesday 27th July 1938
Left: Mrs. Eric Loder was playing Deauville golf with Auguste Boyer, one of the leading French professionals.
Formerly Eleanor Curran of Louisiana, she was the widow of Sir Mortimer Davies when she married Major Eric Loder six years ago.
The Bystander – Wednesday 27th July 1938
Major and Mrs Eric Loder with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor – 1941
Major Loder was formally married to Gabrielle Ray in 1912, later divorced in 1915, then Lady Iris Lawson in 1920 until their divorce in 1928. He married his third wife, Eleanor Curran in 1932.
During their frequent trips around Europe they became friendly with the Windsor’s (Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor) The Montreal Gazzette, 27th December 1937 reported that “The Windsor’s called Christmas afternoon at the Villa of Major and Mrs Eric Loder near Juan les Pins and had tea in the garden overlooking the sea”
When the Windsor’s lived in America the FBI were charged with the responsibility of monitoring their contacts as both were suspected of being Nazi sympathisers. It had been reported by the British government to the F.B.I. because of this that the Government had refused to allow Edward to marry Mrs Simpson and remain on the throne in the interest of the morale of the British people. They claim that the Duke is in such a state of intoxication most of the time that he is virtually non compos mentis.
It seems that the F.B.I. suspected that the Duchess could have been transferring messages to her German friends via her dry cleaning and that her dentist would need to be check on her dentist whom she visited in the Bahamas as well as the people they spoke to.
The Windsor’s attended a cocktail party at 3:00 P.M on April 20, 1941 hosted by Mrs. Hugh Dillman in their honour at their home in Palm Beach, Florida, a record of all the guests attending was recorded including Mr. and Mrs. Eric Loder with Miss Pamela Loder, Mr Loder’s daughter. No history of the guests was obtained as they were “people of Palm Beach of prominence who would not have had an opportunity otherwise to see the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.”
Eric Loder – The Tatler – Wednesday 9th February 1938
MAJOR AND MRS. ERIC LODER
On the Cagnes links, to which they motor every day from their attractive abode in Cannes. Mrs. Eric Loder was the widow of the late Sir Mortimer Davis.
The Tatler – Wednesday 9th February 1938
Eric Loder – The Tatler – Wednesday 26th October 1938
Major and Mrs. Eric Loder have, since the picture was taken arrived back in London. She was the widow of the late Sir Mortimer Davis.
The Tatler – Wednesday 26th October 1938
Eric Loder – The Tatler – Wednesday 16th August 1939
DEAUVILLE GALA: AT THE AMBASSADEURS
Major and Mrs. Eric Loder dining à deux. Major Loder belongs to a large and sporting clan which has the newly-married Sir Giles Loder to head it. His wife come from Louisiana and was formerly Lady Davis, widow of Sir Mortimer Barnett Davis. They both like Deauville more than somewhat