- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 1919 for his work during World War I and made a Knight Bachelor in the 1952 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to literature.
- Also a versatile broadcaster and founder and editor of "The Gramophone" magazine.
- Son of stage actors Edward Compton (d. 1918) and Virginia Bateman (d. 1940). Brother of actresses Fay Compton and Viola Compton and Francis Compton.
- Granduncle of Tracy Reed.
- Uncle of Anthony Pelissier.
- Scottish novelist, poet, memoirist, essayist and publicist, whose best known contribution to cinema was "Whiskey Galore", filmed at Ealing. He formerly worked as a literary critic for the London Daily Mail (1931-35) and as rector at Glasgow University (1931-34). He was also founder and editor of Gramophone Magazine (1923-62). The BBC TV series "Monarch of the Glen" (2000-2005) was loosely based on Mackenzie's Highland Novels.
- His parents appeared at Hartlepool Empire.
- His father was the founder/ actor manager of the Compton Comedy Company.
- During WWII he stayed on the Isle of Bara during which time he wrote the novel Whisky Galore which was later made into a film of the same name.
- He was educated at St Pauls School and, Magdalene College , Oxford.
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