Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (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 National Party of Scotland along with Hugh MacDiarmid, R. B. Cunninghame Graham and John MacCormick. He was knighted in 1952.
Compton Mackenzie
Author details
- Born:
- Jan. 17, 1883
- Died:
- Nov. 30, 1972
