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Compton MacKenzie

Sir Compton Mackenzie
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Born Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie
(1883-01-17)17 January 1883
West Hartlepool, County Durham, England
Died 30 November 1972(1972-11-30) (aged 89)
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Resting place Barra, Scotland
Occupation Scottish croquet player, actor, broadcaster, writer and political activist
Years active 1907–1971
Notable work Whisky Galore
The Monarch of the Glen
Home town Barra
Spouse(s) Faith Stone (1905–60; her death)
Christine McSween (1962–63; her death)
Lillian McSween (1965–1972; his death)
Relatives Fay Compton (sister)
Viola Compton (sister)
Henry Compton (grandfather)

Sir Compton Mackenzie, OBE (/ˈkʌmptən məˈkɛnzɪ/; 17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was an English born Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist. He was one of the co-founders in 1928 of the Scottish National Party along with Hugh MacDiarmid, RB Cunninghame Graham and John MacCormick. He was knighted in 1952.

Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie was born in West Hartlepool, County Durham, England, into a theatrical family of Mackenzies, many of whose members used Compton as their stage surname, starting with his grandfather Henry Compton, a well-known Shakespearean actor of the Victorian era. His father, Edward Compton, and mother, Virginia Bateman, were actors and theatre company managers; his sister, Fay Compton, starred in many of J. M. Barrie's plays, including Peter Pan. He was educated at St Paul's School, London, and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he graduated with a degree in modern history.


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