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Jan 1, 1883 — Jan 1, 1972· 89 yrs

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AUTHOR · FICTION · JUVENILE

Sir Compton Mackenzie

Also known as: Faith Compton MacKenzie, Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie

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Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a 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, Cunninghame Graham and John MacCormick. He was knighted in the 1952 Birthday Honours List.

West Hartlepool, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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“Neptune’s Grotto” was one of the many pleasure-gardens that in the days when the Londoner was comparatively a free man helped to amuse his leisure.

— from Rogues and vagabonds

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The dining-room battle

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The "workers of the dining-room" including the spoons and forks, cruets, racks, etc. have long resented the mantelpiece ornaments for their airs. However, when the mantelpiece marble clock stops, it is soon replaced by an "upstart alarm-clock, eager for power" who only inspires terror--Cf. Dustjacket.

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