Compton MacKenzie

Compton MacKenzie

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1883-01-17
Deathday: 1972-11-30 (89 years old)

Biography

Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a 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 National Party of Scotland along with Hugh MacDiarmid, R. B. Cunninghame Graham and John MacCormick. He was knighted in 1952. Gallipoli Memories (1929)

First Athenian Memories (1931)

Greek Memories (1932), a continuation of First Athenian Memories

Prince Charlie (1932), biography

Marathon and Salamis (1934), history

Prince Charlie and His Ladies (1934), history

Catholicism and Scotland (1934), history

The Book of Barra (1936), (with J.L. Campbell)

Pericles (1937), history

The Windsor Tapestry Being a study of the life, heritage and abdication of HRH The Duke of Windsor (1938)

Aegean Memories (1940)

Calvary (with F.C. Mackenzie) (1942)

Wind of Freedom: The history of the invasion of Greece by the Axis powers, 1940–1941 (1943)

Mr Roosevelt (1943), biography

Brockhouse (1944), history

Dr Benes (1946), biography

The Vital Flame (1946) (on the gas industry)

All over the Place (1949), diary

Eastern Epic, an account of the part played by the Indian Army in the Second World War, Vol. I (1951)

I Took a Journey ... A tour of the National Trust Properties (1951)

The House of Coalport 1750–1950 (1951), history

The Queen's House. A history of Buckingham Palace (1953), history

Realms of Silver. One Hundred Years of Banking in the East (1954), a history of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.

The Savoy of London (1953), history

My Record of Music (1955), musical autobiography

Sublime Tobacco (1957)

Cats' Company (1960) with photos by Harrison Marks

Greece in My Life (1960), essays

Catmint (1961), imaginary conversations

Look at Cats (1964)

Little Cat Lost (1965)

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1916
1946
1950
2016

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Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1883-01-17

Deathday
1972-11-30 (89 years old)

Birth Place
West Hartlepool, United Kingdom

Height

Spouse
Faith Stone

Father
Edward Compton

Mother
Virginia Bateman

Siblings
Fay Compton, Viola Compton

Citizenships
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom

Awards
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Knight Bachelor


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