In 1901 Edmund Antrobus 4th Baronet (age 52) commissioned the the first major restoration of Stonehenge which he owned.

In 1905 Edmund Antrobus 4th Baronet (age 56) was initiated into the Ancient Order of Druids and, thereafter, allowed ceremonies to take place at Stonehenge.

Stonehenge was visited last week by a numerous part of Druids, who performed with great solemnity a series of strange and mystic ceremonies around the old monuments. The Ancient Order had travelled to Stonehenge to hold a lodge there. They began operations with a luncheon, at which Sir Edmund Antrobus (age 56), the proprietor of the land on which Stonehenge stands, was the guest. Then Sir Edmund and many others were initiated into the mysteries and nature of the Order. Behind an altar stood the Most Nobel Grand Arch, and on either side of him extended a line of bards [?], wondrously arrayed and bearded, and carrying staffs and symbols. Then the candidates for the initiates were led in blindfolded, such candidates with hand on the shoulder of the man in front. There was, it is sais, some laughter from the crowd as they filed forth, but the hymn of welcome drowned the ribaldry, and they were brought to their place between the lines of bearded bards in a burst of melody. The initiation was solemn and severe, and, as a spectacle, was a great success. Our photographs are by Reinhold, Thiele and Co.

The Times. 13 Feb 1915. Death of Sir Edward Antrobus (deceased)

Owner and Guardian of Stonehenge.

Colonel Sir Edward Antrobus (deceased), Bt., died at Amesbury Abbey [Map], on Thursday afternoon at the age of 67. He is succeeded by his only remaining brother, Mr. [his brother] Cosmo Gordon Antrobus (age 56). His only son [Edmund Antrobus], who was a Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, was killed in action on October 24 last.

Sir Edmund Antrobus will be remembered as the owner of the famous Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain, which was included in the Amesbury Abbey estate of about 8000 acres. After consulting with the Society of Antiquaries, the Society of Ancient Monuments, and the Wilts Archaeological Society, Sir Edmund determined to enclose the monument by wire fencing, and the action led to litigation in the High Court. In April, 1905, the Solicitor-General claimed an order against the owner to remove the fencing, and an injunction to restrain him from erecting such fencing. The claim was based on two grounds - (1) That Stonehenge was a national monument of great interest, and was subject to trust for its freer use by the public: and (2) that there were public roads running up to and through Stonehenge, and that those roads had been blocked by the defendant's fencing. Sir Edmund produced title deeds showing the purchase in fee by this great-great-uncle from the trustees of the Duke of Queensbury, some seventy years before, and an absolute fee simple title in himself. Mr. Justice Farwell, in giving judgement for Sir Edmund, observed that it was only fair to the defendant to say that he was not acting capriciously, but on expert advice, the preservation of the stones.