Trinity College; Shrewsbury School.
He was killed in action during the Second World War. He then went to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he rowed for the First Trinity Boat Club. They recorded a time of 6:36.0 in the final to beat the United States. crew by 1 second.
In 1929 Lander was expected to be included in the Cambridge crew in the Boat Race, but Richard Beesly, fellow gold medalist and the Cambridge President, called on Tom Brocklebank as stroke instead.
Upon leaving Cambridge, Lander took up a business appointment in Hong Kong. He was killed in the Battle of Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941, the only British Olympic gold medallist to have been killed during World World War World War II