Compton Mackenzie
(1883-1972), WriterSir (Edward Montague Anthony) Compton Mackenzie
Sitter associated with 76 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.
Harriet Cohen; Compton Mackenzie
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1951
NPG x39412
by Roy ('Johnny') O'Brien
bromide press print, 8 July 1952
NPG x184019
by Howard Coster
print, 1954
NPG x2000
by Howard Coster
print, 1954
NPG x2002
Compton Mackenzie; Faith Nona (née Stone), Lady Mackenzie
by Central Press
bromide press print, November 1955
NPG x184032
Christina ('Chrissie') (née MacSween), Lady Mackenzie; Compton Mackenzie
by Press Association Photos
bromide press print, 18 May 1962
NPG x184031
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide press print, circa 1962
NPG x184151
by Walter Bird
bromide print, 27 January 1965
NPG x186371
by Robert Stewart Sherriffs
pen and ink and chalk, probably late 1920s
NPG D48
after Unknown artist
colour offset lithographic cigarette card, 1937
NPG D42407
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 12 April 1912
NPG x6540
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