Albert Kingwell

Albert Edward Kingwell FRIBA (3 January 1863[1] – 10 November 1949) was an English architect, surveyor and land agent who was one of the first to use concrete in his practice.

In 1899, he drew up plans for buildings in Beech Hill Park Estate when he was practising at 103–104 Cheapside, London, noting on them that he was "sole agent".

1 Crescent West, Hadley Wood, where the estate office was located and where he and his wife had their home for the rest of their lives.

He had given her a ring and her letters from America had referred to him as "my husband" but she had subsequently married Haviland without Kingwell's knowledge.

Amy's mother, Adelaide M'Kay, an actress by the stage name of Wilmore, pointed out however that Kingwell was the son of a successful coach builder.

The judge ruled for Kingwell as the correspondence between the couple was of such a "passionate" nature and in such terms as to prevent the money being regarded as a loan.

[5] Kingwell later suffered from arthritis, requiring one stick, then two, then crutches, and ultimately confined to a bath-chair.