He was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he gained a BA, before following his father into the family business.
[12][13] When the Prime Minister's wife, Margaret Lloyd George, visited Leeds in December 1920 for a reception for women supporters of the Liberal Coalition, she stayed at Gledhow Hall.
The hospital was managed by the Headingley Company of the St John Ambulance Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD).
[18] The Kitson's London home, 3 Cadogan Square, was damaged by a bomb during the Second World War and they moved to Stansted in Essex.
[19] Albert Kitson died on 11 March 1944 at Stansted and the barony was inherited by his younger brother Roland.