Sir Compton Mackenzie , OBE ( ; 1883 -- 1972 ) was a prolific writer of fiction , biography , histories and a memoir , as well as a cultural commentator , raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist .
Sir Compton Mackenzie , OBE ( ; 1883 -- 1972 ) was a prolific writer of fiction , biography , histories , and memoir , as well as a cultural commentator , raconteur , and lifelong Scottish nationalist .