Sir Stanley William Tubbs, 1st Baronet (22 March 1871 – 11 December 1941) was an industrialist, British Conservative Party politician, and benefactor.
He purchased Ellerncroft - a house in Wotton-under-Edge with a view over the river valley - from which he could establish each morning that work was underway by seeing smoke rising from the chimneys of the mills.
[1] He had a reputation as a strict employer, but provided regular social events for his workforce, such as an annual feast and concert known locally as a "Tubbs do".
[1] Stanley Tubbs sat as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stroud between November 1922 and December 1923,[2] where he is recorded as speaking six times[3] in Hansard.
Despite his victory in the 1922 election, he lost his seat to the Liberal candidate the following year when Stanley Baldwin unsuccessfully attempted to gain a popular mandate after taking over as prime minister.