John Headon Stanbury

John Headon Stanbury (6 May 1835 – 20 May 1907) was an English businessman, primarily a hotelier and property developer, who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

[1] He owned an estate at Thrushelton[2][3] and was a donor of the United Devon Association,[4] the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

[5] He was also a member of the Devon County Agricultural Association[6] and the Royal Bath and West of England Society.

[25] Stanbury planned to develop the area that bordered the River Yealm, and in 1900, sold it to William Cresswell Gray, a shipbuilder from Hartlepool, at which point the estate included the Hall and 2720 acres of land.

[30] J. H. Stanbury & Co. continued to make donations after his death, including to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.