Early life and education Thomas Jeeves Horder was born on 7 January 1871, the son of draper Albert Horder, in
Shaftesbury,
Dorset. Jeeves was his mother's maiden name. He was educated privately, and at the
University of London and
St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
Career Horder began his career at
St Bartholomew's Hospital, where his first junior post was under
Samuel Gee. When still quite young, Horder successfully made a difficult diagnosis on
King Edward VII which made his reputation. His patients included every British monarch from Edward VII to
Elizabeth II (except
Edward VIII). he was created a
baronet in Bonar Law's
resignation honours list (issued on 25 May 1923). He was raised to the peerage as
Baron Horder, of Ashford in the County of Southampton on 23 January 1933. Horder served as president of the
British Eugenics Society from 1935 to 1949. He was president of the
Cremation Society of Great Britain from 1940 to his death in 1955. From 1941 he chaired the
Horder Committee for the
Royal College of Nursing with the report published in 1949. He was president of
The Peckham Experiment in 1949. In 1954, Horder opened the
Overdale Crematorium in
Bolton.
Marriage and later life In 1902, Horder married Geraldine Rose Doggett (1872–1954), of Newnham Manor, Hertfordshire, whose maternal grandfather was
James Smith Rose of Arley House,
Bristol, who in 1873 was the
mayor of Totnes. Their son was the publisher
Mervyn Horder (1910–1997). Their daughter Joy Horder married Edward Cullinan, chief physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital; their son was British architect
Edward Cullinan. He lived for many years at
Steep near
Petersfield in
Hampshire, where he died on 13 August 1955. He was succeeded in his title by his son. ==Awards and honours==