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)
Filmography
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Movies 8
Writer 8
TV Shows 1
Whisky Galore (2016)
Monarch of the Glen (2000)
Rockets Galore (1958)
Chance of a Lifetime (1950)
Whisky Galore! (1949)
Carnival (1946)
Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
Dance Pretty Lady (1931)
The Ballet Girl (1916)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1883-01-17
Deathday1972-11-30 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceWest Hartlepool, United Kingdom
Height
SpouseFaith Stone
FatherEdward Compton
MotherVirginia Bateman
SiblingsFay Compton, Viola Compton
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire, Knight Bachelor
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