Inspirational Quotes by Compton Mackenzie (English Writer)

Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972,) fully Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, was an English novelist, essayist, and poet. As a cultural commentator, raconteur, and lifelong Scottish nationalist, he co-founded the National Party of Scotland in 1928.

Born into a well-known theatrical family in West Hartlepool, Mackenzie was educated at St Paul’s School and Magdalen College-Oxford, then studied for the Bar but stopped in 1907 to work on his first play, The Gentleman in Grey. His first novel was The Passionate Elopement (1911.) There followed his triumphant story of theatre life, Carnival (1912,) the autobiographical Sinister Street (2 vols., 1913–14,) and Guy and Pauline (1915.)

During World War I, Mackenzie served in the Dardanelles. In 1917, he became director of the Aegean Intelligence Service in Syria, an experience described in his book on the secret service, Extremes Meet (1928.) In 1923 he founded The Gramophone (now Gramophone,) the oldest surviving record magazine globally. His considerable output includes Sylvia Scarlett (1918,) Poor Relations (1919,) Rich Relatives (1921,) Vestal Fire (1927,) The Four Winds of Love (4 vols., 1937–45,) Aegean Memories (1940,) Whisky Galore (1947,) Eastern Epic (1951,) and Rockets Galore (1957.)

Mackenzie served as rector of Glasgow University (1931–34) as a literary critic for the London Daily Mail (1931–35.) His monumental autobiography is My Life and Times (1963–71.)

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