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.
[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.
[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).
[9] Adams-Acton was also a keen gardener, noted in particular for his rhododendron cultivation in the 1940s.