Ambrose Macdonald Poynter

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Sir Ambrose Macdonald Poynter (26 September 1867 – 31 May 1923) was a British calligrapher, artist and architect.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkThQYLb3ZUC&q=Ambrose+Macdonald+Poynter&pg=PA404|title=Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914|date=20 December 2001|publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects|isbn=9780826455147}}

Poynter was born at 24 Gower Street, Bloomsbury, London.{{cite web|url=http://www.stanford.edu/group/auden/cgi-bin/auden/individual.php?pid=I20034&ged=auden-bicknell.ged|title=Sir Ambrose Macdonald Poynter 2nd Bt. (I20034) |publisher=Stanford University|access-date=30 December 2011}} He was eldest son of Sir Edward John Poynter (1836–1919),{{cite book|author=Royal Institute of British Architects|title=Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwYrAAAAYAAJ|access-date=30 December 2011|year=1923|publisher=The Institute}}{{failed verification|date=October 2014}} and grandson of architect Ambrose Poynter (1796–1886). His mother was Agnes (1843–1906), one of the famed Macdonald sisters.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pFEMAQAAMAAJ&q=Ambrose+Macdonald+Poynter|title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage|year=1931|publisher=Kelly's Directories}}

Poynter designed the Torre Monumental in Retiro, Buenos Aires,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r1zvBgAAQBAJ&q=Ambrose+Macdonald+Poynter&pg=PA454|title=1000 Obras de Arquitectura|date=24 November 2014|publisher=Christopher E.M. Pearson|isbn=9781783104567}} that was opened in 1916 and from his teens produced a number of drawings, some of which are now located in the British Museum.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=737445&partid=1&searchText=watercolour&fromADBC=ad&toADBC=ad&numpages=10&images=on&orig=%2Fresearch%2Fsearch_the_collection_database.aspx¤tPage=51|title='Mosaic Column in Naples Museum'|publisher=British Museum|access-date=30 December 2011}}