resting_place death_date death_place years_active birth_place home_town name birth_date notable_works spouse image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
barra , scotland , uk 30 november 1972 edinburgh , scotland , uk 1907 -- 1971 west hartlepool , county durham , england , uk barra sir compton mackenzie 17 january 1883 whisky galore the monarch of the glen faith -rrb- christine mcsween -lrb- 1962 -- 63 ; her death stone -rrb- lillian mcsween -lrb- 1965 -- 1972 ; his death -lrb- -rrb- 1905 -- 60 ; her death compton mackenzie.jpg compton mackenzie
 edward montague compton mackenzie scottish and political activist croquet player , actor , broadcaster , writer natural causes
compton mackenzie

sir compton mackenzie , obe -lrb- ; 1883 -- 1972 -rrb- was a prolific 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 scottish national party along with hugh macdiarmid , rb cunninghame graham and john maccormick .
he was knighted in 1952 .
