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    Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, OBE (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as...
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    Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie, CBE (/ˈkʌmptən/; 18 September 1894 – 12 December 1978), known professionally as Fay Compton, was an English actress...
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  • Faith Nona, Lady Mackenzie (née Stone; 26 February 1878 – 9 July 1960), known as Faith Compton Mackenzie, was an author known for memoirs of her travels...
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  • Sidney Compton Mackenzie (/ˈkʌmptən/; 4 May 1885 – 17 September 1964), known professionally as Francis Compton and also known as Frank Compton, was an...
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    MI6 during the war included Augustus Agar, Paul Dukes, John Buchan, Compton Mackenzie and W. Somerset Maugham. When SSB discovered that semen made a good...
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  • Viola Maud ComptonMackenzie (26 November 1886 – 7 April 1971), known as Viola Compton, was an English film actress. Born in Fulham, London, she was the...
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  • directorial debut of Alexander Mackendrick; the screenplay was by Compton Mackenzie, an adaptation of his 1947 novel Whisky Galore, and Angus MacPhail...
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  • tenant of Herm. Prince Gebhard Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt (1889–1914) Compton Mackenzie (1920–1923) Percival Lea Dewhurst Perry (1923–1939) A. G. Jefferies...
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  • reviews of recordings. It was founded in 1923 by the Scottish author Compton Mackenzie who continued to edit the magazine until 1961. It was acquired by...
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    William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward. Her great-uncle was novelist Sir Compton Mackenzie. Actor Oliver Reed was a step-cousin. She attended Miss Ironside's...
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  • the Sobieski Stuarts and rented by author and Scottish nationalist Compton Mackenzie from Lord Fraser of Lovat. It is joined to the bank by a narrow white...
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    Australian War Memorial. Compton Mackenzie, Eastern Epic, p. 110. Long (1953), p. 393-394 Compton Mackenzie, pp. 112-113 Compton Mackenzie, p. 113. Long (1953)...
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    pardons". The Daily Telegraph. 31 January 2017. Compton Mackenzie at the Encyclopædia Britannica MacKenzie, Compton (1964). My Life and Times. Vol. 2. Chatto...
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    Compton and Virginia Mackenzie; 1 January 1853 – 4 May 1940) was an American actress and actor-manager who performed with her husband Edward Compton in...
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  • Alexander Morton and Susan Hampshire. The series is loosely based on Sir Compton Mackenzie's Highland Novels, which are set in the same location but in the 1930s...
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    as Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, he was the fifth of nine children born to Charles Mackenzie, an actor known as Henry Compton (1805–1877), and Emmeline...
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    pp. 44–45 Compton Mackenzie, Eastern Epic, p. 83 Compton Mackenzie, Eastern Epic, p. 124 Compton Mackenzie, pp. 125–6 Compton Mackenzie, Eastern Epic...
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  • side he was also a great-nephew of the actress Fay Compton and the novelist Sir Compton Mackenzie. He was educated at the independent school Ardingly...
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    filmed on Barra. The film is based on the novel Whisky Galore by Sir Compton Mackenzie, itself a fictionalised telling of the story of the SS Politician...
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  • Whisky Galore (novel) (category Novels by Compton Mackenzie)
    Whisky Galore is a novel written by the Scottish author Compton Mackenzie. It was published in 1947. It was adapted for the cinema under the title Whisky...
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    to spend the rest of his life in leisure there. British novelist Compton Mackenzie lived there from 1913 to 1920, with later visits, and set some of...
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    The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett, a 1918 novel by Compton MacKenzie. Directed by George Cukor, it was notorious as one of the most famous...
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  • Comedy of the same name, itself based on the novel of the same name by Compton Mackenzie. It was directed by Gillies MacKinnon and stars Gregor Fisher, Eddie...
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    line with their own interpretation of the work. Gramophone founder Compton Mackenzie found the title "harmless", remarking that "it is silly for austere...
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  • Hebrides, companion of Little Todday in the novel Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie Greatfish Isle: an island in the GameCube game, The Legend of Zelda:...
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    ISBN 1-84574-066-1. Compton Mackenzie, p. 122 Compton Mackenzie, pp. 123-4 Compton Mackenzie, p.123 Playfair, p. 217 Compton Mackenzie, p. 124 Compton Mackenzie, p 125...
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    century. Calvay in the Sound of Barra provided the inspiration for Compton Mackenzie's novel Whisky Galore after the SS Politician ran aground there with...
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  • American boat-builder The Four Winds of Love, series of novels by Compton Mackenzie This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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    food by English soldiers occupying the island during World War 2". Compton Mackenzie, an English-born Scottish novelist, acquired the tenancy in 1920....
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  • received favourable reviews from, among others, C. Day Lewis, WH Davies, Compton Mackenzie and JB Priestley. It was subsequently published by Harper & Brothers...
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