Frederick Konig

Frederick Adolphus Konig (1867–1940) was an American banker of German ancestry who emigrated to England at the end of the nineteenth century.

[7] In 1907, Konig bought Tyringham Hall in Buckinghamshire,[3] a house designed and built by Sir John Soane between 1792 and 1797[8] for the banker and member of parliament William Praed.

[9] In 1909, Konig commissioned the London architect Charles G.F. Rees, to add a copper dome to the hall, carry out refacing works, and redesign the principal rooms of the house in the French style.

As a result, Lutyens was commissioned in 1920 to design a classical-style temple of music and a bathing pavilion in the gardens of the house.

Konig financed the construction of a school and reading room at Filgrave, near Tyringham, to commemorate the coronation of King George V in 1911.