Compton Mackenzie (1883-1972), Writer
Sir (Edward Montague Anthony) Compton Mackenzie
Sitter associated with 73 portraits
Born in West Hartlepool, Cleveland, Mackenzie was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalen College, Oxford. His first novel was published in 1911, followed by Carnival (1912) and his semi-autobiographical Sinister Street (1913-14) whose hero is 'handicapped by a public school and university education.' His directorship of the Aegean intelligence service in Syra (Siros) during the First World War is recounted in Extremes Meet (1928). By 1933 Mackenzie was living on the Scottish island of Barra and had become a founder member of the National Party of Scotland (1928). His flamboyant character and novels like Whisky Galore (1947) established him as one of Scotland's best-loved authors.
by Walter Benington
vintage chlorobromide print, 1920s
NPG P976
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by Andrew Paterson
gelatin silver print, 1929
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by George Charles Beresford
black and white glossy print, April 1912
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by Bassano, for Camera Press
vintage print, 1913
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by Alvin Langdon Coburn, published by Duckworth & Co
collotype, 6 November 1914
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by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 28 October 1916
NPG x19048
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 28 October 1916
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by Howard Coster
vintage bromide print, 1934
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by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 9 August 1939
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by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 9 August 1939
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by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 9 August 1939
NPG x27100
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 9 August 1939
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by London News Agency
vintage print, 1949
NPG x184020
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x128667
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x13787
Harriet Cohen; Compton Mackenzie
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1951
NPG x39412
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