Murray Adams-Acton

Gladstone Murray Adams-Acton (known as Murray Adams-Acton) (1886–1971) was an English historian of art and architecture and interior designer of considerable flamboyance.[1][2]

Adams-Acton was the son of the sculptor John Adams-Acton and his wife Marion (née Hamilton), better known as the writer Jeanie Hering.[3]

He designed the dining room to Shirenewton Hall in 1910 and the interiors of a men's outfitter's shop, Swan & Edgar's in Piccadilly, renovating it before it reopened in 1927.[4] Book Review Digest described him in 1930 as a "charming draftsman".[5] He was also adept as a furniture designer and inventor, and made numerous items including a toaster.[6] As an expert, he also authored numerous publications on design, such as Domestic Architecture and Old Furniture and The Genesis and Development of Linenfold Panelling (1945).[7][8] He also produced work about ecclesiastical architecture in France.[9] Adams-Acton was also a keen gardener, noted in particular for his rhododendron cultivation in the 1940s.[10][11]

References
  1. "ADAMS-ACTON". Richardford Manuscripts. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. "Frank Surgey - a short history 1890-1974". Lifechart. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. "Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland: John Adams-Acton". Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. The Studio year-book of decorative art. The Studio. 1911. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  5. H.W. Wilson Company (1930). Book review digest. H.W. Wilson Co. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  6. Frederic Gordon Roe (1961). English cottage furniture. Phoenix House. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  7. Old furniture: a magazine of domestic ornament. Old Furniture. 1929. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  8. Harris, John (28 September 2007). Moving Rooms. Yale University Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-300-12420-0. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  9. Glover, R. Sydney; Sutton, Denys (1976). Apollo. Apollo. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  10. Gardeners' chronicle, horticultural trade journal. Haymarket Publishing. 1 January 1944. p. 202. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  11. Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain) (1971). The Rhododendron and camellia year book. Royal Horticultural Society. p. 73. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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