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In 1856 Florence Caroline Mathilde Sartoris Lady Antrobus was born.
In 1886 Edmund Antrobus 4th Baronet (age 37) and Florence Caroline Mathilde Sartoris Lady Antrobus (age 30) were married.
On 23 Dec 1886 [her son] Edmund Antrobus was born to [her husband] Edmund Antrobus 4th Baronet (age 37) and Florence Caroline Mathilde Sartoris Lady Antrobus (age 30).
On 01 Apr 1899 [her father-in-law] Edmund Antrobus 3rd Baronet (age 80) died. His son [her husband] Edmund Antrobus 4th Baronet (age 50) succeeded 4th Baronet Antrobus of Antrobus in Cheshire. Florence Caroline Mathilde Sartoris Lady Antrobus (age 43) by marriage Lady Antrobus of Antrobus in Cheshire.
Before 1901. Léo Malempré (age 40). Portrait of Florence Caroline Mathilde Sartoris Lady Antrobus (age 44).
On 11 Feb 1915 [her husband] Edmund Antrobus 4th Baronet (age 66) died at his home Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire [Map]. His brother [her brother-in-law] Cosmo Gordon Antrobus 5th Baronet (age 55) succeeded 5th Baronet Antrobus of Antrobus in Cheshire, and inherited the Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire [Map] estate including Stonehenge.
The Times. 13 Feb 1915. Death of Sir [her former husband] Edward Antrobus (deceased)
Owner and Guardian of Stonehenge.
Colonel Sir Edward Antrobus, Bt., died at Amesbury Abbey [Map], on Thursday afternoon at the age of 67. He is succeeded by his only remaining brother, Mr. [her former brother-in-law] Cosmo Gordon Antrobus (age 55). His only son [[her 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.
Sir Edmund, who was the fourth baromet, took a large share in local administration. He was an alderman of the Wilts County Council, a justice of the peace, a member of the Amesbury Rural District Council, and served on many local committees. A few years ago his intention of selling the Amesbury Abbey estate was announced, but the sale was never effected.
Sir Edmund Antrotus was formerly colonel of the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, and served in the Suakin Expedition of 1885. He married, in 1886, Florence (age 59), daughter of the late Mr. J. A. Sartoris, of Hopsford Hall, Coventry.
Cosmo Gordon Antrobus 5th Baronet: On 22 Oct 1859 he was born to Edmund Antrobus 3rd Baronet and Marianne Georgiana Dashwood Lady Antrobus. On 11 Feb 1915 Edmund Antrobus 4th Baronet died at his home Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire. His brother Cosmo Gordon Antrobus 5th Baronet succeeded 5th Baronet Antrobus of Antrobus in Cheshire, and inherited the Amesbury Abbey, Wiltshire estate including Stonehenge. On 21 Sep 1915 Cosmo Gordon Antrobus 5th Baronet sold Stonehenge at auction. It was bought by Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb 1st Baronet; see Archaeologia Cambrensis Series 6 Volume 15 1905 Stonehenge. On 29 Jun 1939 Cosmo Gordon Antrobus 5th Baronet died. His first cousin Philip Humphrey Antrobus 6th Baronet succeeded 6th Baronet Antrobus of Antrobus in Cheshire.
In 1923 Florence Caroline Mathilde Sartoris Lady Antrobus (age 67) died.
Guide to Amesbury and Stonehenge Preface. In compiling this little Guide Book, I have somewhat departed from the ordinary lines, but I venture to hope that the traveller to Amesbury and Stonehenge will not like it the worse on that account. I am much indebted to the kindness of Mrs. Gordon and of Messrs. Murray, Barclay, Story Maskelyne, and Hewitt, for allowing me to quote from their works, also to the Editor of the Ladies’ Realm, for permission to use an article by me which appeared in the February number of that magazine, and, above all, to Miss Clarisse Miles, for the charming photographs which illustrate my book.
Florence Caroline Mathilde Antrobus.
Amesbury Abbey,
Salisbury, 1900.