Cecil Chubb

Sir Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb, 1st Baronet (14 April 1876 – 22 September 1934), was the last private owner of Stonehenge prehistoric monument, Wiltshire, which he donated to the British government in 1918.

Chubb met his future wife at a cricket game between his Bishop Wordsworth School and Fisherton House Asylum.

Sir Cecil also served on Salisbury City Council, was a Justice of the Peace and became a successful racehorse owner and breeder of Shorthorn cattle.

[citation needed] Cecil Chubb's interest in the local area led to his attending the sale, with him bidding and purchasing Lot 15 on a whim for £6,600 (about £668,000/€788,000/$874,000 today),[3] as he wished to avoid the stones being acquired by someone overseas.

Chubb died of heart disease at his house (from 1930) in Bournemouth, Rothwell Dene, on 22 September 1934 aged 58,[7] leaving behind his wife, son John, who succeeded him, and daughter Mary.

Sir Cecil Chubb in May 1926 on board RMS Aquitania
Sir Cecil Chubb's grave in the Devizes Road cemetery in Salisbury , Wiltshire , showing the wreath laid to mark the centenary of his donation of Stonehenge to the nation near the end of the First World War