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Compton Mackenzie

Sir Compton Mackenzie, OBE (/ˈkʌmptən məˈkɛnzɪ/; 1883–1972) was a prolific 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.

Background

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.

Writing

Whisky Galore (novel)

Whisky Galore is a novel written by Compton Mackenzie, published in 1947. It was adapted for the cinema under the title Whisky Galore!, released in the United States as Tight Little Island.

Plot summary

During World War II, a cargo vessel (S.S. Cabinet Minister) is wrecked off a remote fictional Scottish island group Great Todday and Little Todday with fifty thousand cases of whisky aboard. Due to wartime rationing, the thirsty islanders had nearly run out of the "water of life" and see this as an unexpected godsend. They manage to salvage several hundred cases before the ship sinks. But it is not all clear sailing. They must thwart the efforts of the authorities to confiscate the liquor, particularly in the shape of misguided, pompous English Home Guard Captain Paul Waggett. A cat-and-mouse battle of wits ensues.

Although the wreck and the escapades over the whisky are at the centre of the story, there is also a lot of background detail about life in the Outer Hebrides, including e.g. culture clashes between the Protestant island of Great Todday and the Roman Catholic island of Little Todday. (Mackenzie based the geography of these islands on Barra and Eriskay respectively, but in real life they are both Catholic islands). There are various sub-plots, e.g. two couples who are planning to get married.

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  • Compton Mackenzie interview 1962

    Face to Face

    published: 17 Aug 2024
  • Compton Mackenzie This Is Your Life

    The writer Compton Mackenzie was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in December 1956 for the television programme This Is Your Life. In an extract from the end of series review programme, Stories behind This Is Your Life, broadcast in June 1957, Lady Mackenzie reads from Gibran’s The Prophet, a poem she originally read to her husband, Compton Mackenzie, on his This Is Your Life programme. 💻 Find out the full details of this edition of This Is Your Life at http://www.bigredbook.info/compton_mackenzie.html 📺 This Is Your Life was one of the most popular programmes on British television, spanning almost 50 years of broadcasting, with over eleven hundred editions produced between 1955 and 2003. 📕 Part biography, part celebration, the programme’s premise was simple – an unexpected surprise for ...

    published: 02 Nov 2020
  • Tatting and Mandolinata by Faith Compton Mackenzie - Handheld Press Book Review

    Handheld Press - https://www.handheldpress.co.uk WHERE TO FIND ME Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...​ Instagram:@lils.vintageworld Thank you for watching, and thank you again to Handheld Press for sending me a free copy of this book for review. All opinions are my own. I have not been paid for this review. Lil.

    published: 04 Sep 2024
  • Sir Compton Mackenzie's home in Edinburgh

    Sir Compton Mackenzie, author of 'Whisky Galore' and 'The Monarch of the Glen', lived in this elegant Georgian house in Edinburgh's New Town from 1953 until his death in 1972. He had a library of 12,000 books in the house, which is located at 31 Drummond Place. Based on a real incident, his novel 'Whisky Galore' brought to life the tale of some Scottish islanders who 'liberated' 50 thousand cases of whisky from a stricken cargo ship. The novel was turned into a very popular Ealing Comedy film in 1949.

    published: 04 Oct 2023
  • Boys Will Be Boys (1948)

    Full title reads: "BOYS WILL BE BOYS". Dorchester Hotel, London. General view, interior of the Foyles Luncheon at Dorchester Hotel, London. Long shot of guests of honour at table. Long shot of tables. Miss Richmal Crompton being introduced - she gets up from her chair, nods and sits down. Close up shot of Gordon Harker - he rises from his chair, smiles and sits down. Close up shot of Compton MacKenzie - he rises from his chair, nods and sits back. Long shot of the interior in a mirror. Close up shot of Arthur Askey speaking (natural sound). Close up shot of Gordon Harker listening. Close up shot of Askey still speaking. Close up shot of John Mills listening. Close up shot of Askey speaking. Close up shot of Compton Mackenzie and Richmal Crompton. Close up shot of Arthur Askey finishing ...

    published: 13 Apr 2014
  • Compton Mackenzie a Capri - www vesuvioweb com

    Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972). La sua casa in cima al Monte Solaro a Capri. La colonna musicale: Chant intime - Georges Catoire (18611926)

    published: 08 Jun 2009
  • "Scots' Wha Hae" (1932)

    Full Title reads: "Scotland - "Scots' Wha Hae" Mr Compton Mackenzie - "our first Lord Rector in the kilt," as the Undergraduates have already titled him - installed at Glasgow University." Glasgow, Scotland. Night-time. Group of young men (probably students) cheering. Some of them carry flaming torches. Daylight. Four men in academic caps and gowns walk across University grounds. (I assume one of them is Mr Mackenzie). Men in various academic and civic costumes coming out of building. They climb into a car. Women students - dressed in cap and gown - parade down a street. Various dignitaries climb out of car. C/U one man (probably MacKenzie). Shot of cars from across the road. They have pulled up outside a building with a canopied entrance. A small crowd has gathered to...

    published: 13 Apr 2014
  • Compton MacKenzie Grave On Visit To Eoligarry On Island Of Barra Outer Hebrides Scotland

    Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of the grave of Compton MacKenzie in Cille Bharra, also known as St Barr's, graveyard on visit to Eoligarry on Island Of Barra in the Outer Hebrides. Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, born 17 January 1883 in West Hartlepool, County Durham, England, died on 30 November 1972, aged 89, in Edinburgh, 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. Compton Mackenzie is perhaps best known for two comic novels set in Scotland: Whisky Galore set in the Hebrides, and The...

    published: 25 Sep 2020
  • "As Jethou of the world." The territorial anthem of The Jethou Island, adopted 1922.

    The Jethou Island is a small island that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is privately leased from the Crown, and not open to the public. Resembling the top of a wooded knoll, it is immediately south of Herm and covers approximately 44 acres (18 ha). History: See also: History of Guernsey and Archaeology of the Channel Islands There is evidence of flint manufacturing in an area exposed only at low water between the island and Crevichon which shows occupation around 10,000 BC. It is said that in AD 709 a storm washed away the strip of land that connected the island with Herm. The Vikings called the island Keitholm. The island's current name retains the related Norman -hou suffix, meaning 'small island' or 'small hill'. In 1416, it became part of Henry V's e...

    published: 29 Oct 2024
  • ROGUES AND VAGABONDS By COMPTON MACKENZIE. Audiobook - full length, free

    Full-length/unabridged audiobook for free, with text. HQ recording. CHAPTER 1. 00:00:00 CHAPTER II 00:26:51 CHAPTER III 00:46:25 CHAPTER IV 01:00:18 CHAPTER V 01:22:50 CHAPTER VI 01:59:48 CHAPTER VII 02:16:12 CHAPTER VIII 02:41:09 CHAPTER IX 03:08:17 CHAPTER X 03:29:14 CHAPTER XI 03:38:56 CHAPTER XII 03:54:49 CHAPTER XIII 04:12:37 CHAPTER XIV 04:49:43 CHAPTER XV 05:07:40 CHAPTER XVI 05:26:34 CHAPTER XVII 05:50:43 CHAPTER XVIII 06:30:21 CHAPTER XIX 06:44:04 CHAPTER XX 07:03:16 CHAPTER XXI 07:18:37 CHAPTER XXII 07:32:23 CHAPTER XXIII 08:10:01 CHAPTER XXIV 08:23:30 CHAPTER XXV 08:45:57 More: rogues and vagabonds, compton mackenzie, audiobook full length, free, classics adventure fiction, pirates, sailors high seas, treasure, romance drama, historical fiction

    published: 12 Nov 2023
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The writer Compton Mackenzie was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in December 1956 for the television programme This Is Your Life. In an extract from the end of series review programme, Stories behind This Is Your Life, broadcast in June 1957, Lady Mackenzie reads from Gibran’s The Prophet, a poem she originally read to her husband, Compton Mackenzie, on his This Is Your Life programme. 💻 Find out the full details of this edition of This Is Your Life at http://www.bigredbook.info/compton_mackenzie.html 📺 This Is Your Life was one of the most popular programmes on British television, spanning almost 50 years of broadcasting, with over eleven hundred editions produced between 1955 and 2003. 📕 Part biography, part celebration, the programme’s premise was simple – an unexpected surprise for an unsuspecting subject, as the host opened the Big Red Book to reveal a life story told through a reunion of family and friends. The Big Red Book YouTube channel is a growing online archive of exclusive interviews with former subjects of This Is Your Life, as well as friends and relatives who took part in the show. Subscribe to the Big Red Book YouTube channel to keep up to date with all future This Is Your Life related interviews: https://www.youtube.com/bigredbook24?sub_confirmation=1
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Sir Compton Mackenzie, author of 'Whisky Galore' and 'The Monarch of the Glen', lived in this elegant Georgian house in Edinburgh's New Town from 1953 until his death in 1972. He had a library of 12,000 books in the house, which is located at 31 Drummond Place. Based on a real incident, his novel 'Whisky Galore' brought to life the tale of some Scottish islanders who 'liberated' 50 thousand cases of whisky from a stricken cargo ship. The novel was turned into a very popular Ealing Comedy film in 1949.
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Full title reads: "BOYS WILL BE BOYS". Dorchester Hotel, London. General view, interior of the Foyles Luncheon at Dorchester Hotel, London. Long shot of guests of honour at table. Long shot of tables. Miss Richmal Crompton being introduced - she gets up from her chair, nods and sits down. Close up shot of Gordon Harker - he rises from his chair, smiles and sits down. Close up shot of Compton MacKenzie - he rises from his chair, nods and sits back. Long shot of the interior in a mirror. Close up shot of Arthur Askey speaking (natural sound). Close up shot of Gordon Harker listening. Close up shot of Askey still speaking. Close up shot of John Mills listening. Close up shot of Askey speaking. Close up shot of Compton Mackenzie and Richmal Crompton. Close up shot of Arthur Askey finishing speech - laughter. Askey jokes about seeing himself on the big screen. FILM ID:1442.39 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
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Full Title reads: "Scotland - "Scots' Wha Hae" Mr Compton Mackenzie - "our first Lord Rector in the kilt," as the Undergraduates have already titled him - installed at Glasgow University." Glasgow, Scotland. Night-time. Group of young men (probably students) cheering. Some of them carry flaming torches. Daylight. Four men in academic caps and gowns walk across University grounds. (I assume one of them is Mr Mackenzie). Men in various academic and civic costumes coming out of building. They climb into a car. Women students - dressed in cap and gown - parade down a street. Various dignitaries climb out of car. C/U one man (probably MacKenzie). Shot of cars from across the road. They have pulled up outside a building with a canopied entrance. A small crowd has gathered to watch the arrival. The cars drive off. Sound Track Missing (This may be Compton Mackenzie the author) FILM ID:663.06 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
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Compton MacKenzie Grave On Visit To Eoligarry On Island Of Barra Outer Hebrides Scotland
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Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of the grave of Compton MacKenzie in Cille Bharra, also known as St Barr's, graveyard on visit to Eoligarry on Island Of Barra in the Outer Hebrides. Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, born 17 January 1883 in West Hartlepool, County Durham, England, died on 30 November 1972, aged 89, in Edinburgh, 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. Compton Mackenzie is perhaps best known for two comic novels set in Scotland: Whisky Galore set in the Hebrides, and The Monarch of the Glen set in the Scottish Highlands. Mackenzie went to great lengths to trace the steps of his ancestors back to his spiritual home in the Highlands, and displayed a deep and tenacious attachment to Gaelic culture throughout his long and very colourful life. He was rector of University of Glasgow from 1931 to 1934, defeating Oswald Mosley, who later led the British Union of Fascists, in his bid for the job. Mackenzie was married three times. On 30 November 1905, aged 22, he married Faith Stone in St Saviour's, Pimlico: they remained married for more than 50 years, until her death. In 1962, aged 79, he married Christina MacSween, who died the following year. Lastly, aged 82, he married his dead wife's sister, Lilian MacSween in 1965. Clan Mackenzie, Scottish Gaelic: Clann Choinnich, is a Scottish clan, traditionally associated with Kintail and lands in Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands. Traditional genealogies trace the ancestors of the Mackenzie chiefs to the 12th century. However, the earliest Mackenzie chief recorded by contemporary evidence is Alexander Mackenzie of Kintail who died some time after 1471. Traditionally, during the Wars of Scottish Independence, the Mackenzies supported Robert the Bruce, but feuded with the Earls of Ross in the latter part of the 14th century. During the 15th and 16th centuries the Mackenzies feuded with the neighboring clans of Munro and MacDonald. In the 17th century the Mackenzie chief was made Earl of Seaforth in the peerage of Scotland. During the Scottish Civil War of the 17th century the Mackenzies largely supported the Royalists. During the Jacobite rising of 1715 the chief and clan of Mackenzie supported the Jacobite cause. However, during the Jacobite rising of 1745 the clan was divided with the chief, Kenneth Mackenzie, Lord Fortrose, supporting the British Hanoverian Government and his relative, George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie, supporting the Jacobites. William Mackenzie, was a Scottish Convict was convicted in Inverness, in the Higlands of Scotland for 7 years, and was transported aboard the Asia on 5th November 1835, arriving in Tasmania in 1836; John MacKenzie, arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship Helen Thompson in 1840; Duncan MacKenzie who settled in Canada in 1784; Elizabeth MacKenzie, landed in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1801; William Mackenzie, landed in Cape Fear, North Carolina, America, in 1746; Mary Mackenzie, arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, America, in 1758.
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"As Jethou of the world." The territorial anthem of The Jethou Island, adopted 1922.
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The Jethou Island is a small island that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is privately leased from the Crown, and not open to the public. Resembling the top of a wooded knoll, it is immediately south of Herm and covers approximately 44 acres (18 ha). History: See also: History of Guernsey and Archaeology of the Channel Islands There is evidence of flint manufacturing in an area exposed only at low water between the island and Crevichon which shows occupation around 10,000 BC. It is said that in AD 709 a storm washed away the strip of land that connected the island with Herm. The Vikings called the island Keitholm. The island's current name retains the related Norman -hou suffix, meaning 'small island' or 'small hill'. In 1416, it became part of Henry V's estate and still remains Crown property, now leased to the States of Guernsey. On the top is a marker. It is said that in earlier times, pirates were hanged on it with chains, as on nearby Crevichon. Modern history An aerial shot showing Jethou centre right next to its bigger neighbour Herm, with Sark in the background and the east coast of Guernsey. In 1867 Lt Colonel Montague Fielden became the island's tenant. However he was discovered using the island as a storehouse for smuggling brandy from France. From 1920 to 1923 it was leased by the Scottish novelist Compton MacKenzie along with Herm and remained part of that estate for years, although it is currently part of a different one. From September 1964 until December 1971 the island was occupied by the Faed family – Angus Faed, his wife Susan Faed and their four children, Colin, Erik, Colette and Amanda. Mrs Susan Faed was the 22nd tenant of Jethou. In the 1950s and 60s the island was open to the public. During that period postage stamps were issued. Local stamps on the Bailiwick of Guernsey were banned on 1 October 1969, and the Isle of Jethou was closed to the public from 1970. In 1972, Charles Hayward, founder of the Firth Cleveland Group of Companies, purchased the Crown tenancy of the island and lived there with his wife Elsie Darnell George until his death in 1983. In 1996 the island was leased by Sir Peter Ogden of IT company Computacenter. It was recognised in 2016 as an area of international environmental importance under the Ramsar Convention. It is flanked by two islets, Crevichon to the north and Fauconnière to the south. There is one house on the island and two cottages as well as a large garage where vehicles such as quad bikes and tractors are stored. Governance ............................. Island anthem lyrics: "As Jethou of the world." When I see your shores from afar I have the feeling of well-being and peace in my soul My beloved little island Who could not see you, Highing proudly from the sea ? Here God's order is so near The Everything big is created from smaller things later to picture of the world. As Jethou of the world. As Jethou of the sea. As Jethou of the world. As Jethou of the sea. As The Jethou !
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Compton Mackenzie

Sir Compton Mackenzie, OBE (/ˈkʌmptən məˈkɛnzɪ/; 1883–1972) was a prolific 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.

Background

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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