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Frederick Charles Hannen Swaffer (1879-1962) was a British journalist and drama critic. He joined the Daily Mail in 1902, was editor of Weekly Dispatch and helped develop the Daily Mirror into a popular newspaper. In 1913, he initiated 'Mr Gossip' for the Daily Sketch. He also started 'Mr London' for the Daily Graphic. He was editor of The People, and in 1926 became drama critic of the Daily Express. He joined the Daily Herald in 1931. In the 1930s Swaffer led a spiritualist home circle, following the teachings of the native-American spirit 'Silver Birch,' which were published by A. W. Austen in 1938. Hannen Swaffer was a socialist, but resigned form the Labour Party in 1957. He also became a spiritualist. He is said to have written almost a million words each year. Swaffer appeared in the films 'Death at Broadcasting House' (1934), 'Late Extra' (1935) and 'Spellbound' (1941). He also appeared on The Brains Trust programme. He died in London in 1962. Courtesy John and Aithne Barron.
Reference: H-0240
Frederick Charles Hannen Swaff...
Sir Compton Mackenzie, (1883-1972) was a prolific writer of fiction, biography, histories, and 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. He was born in West Hartlepool, England, into a theatrical family of Mackenzies, but many of whose members used Compton as their stage surname. Compton Mackenzie is perhaps best known for two comedies set in Scotland, the Hebridean Whisky Galore (1947) and the Highland The Monarch of the Glen (1941). He published almost 100 books on different subjects, including ten volumes of autobiography, My Life and Times (1963-1971). He also wrote history, biography, literary criticism, satires, children's stories and poetry. Mackenzie went to great lengths to trace the steps of his ancestors back to his spiritual home in the Highlands, and displayed a deep and tenacious attachment to Gaelic culture throughout his long and very colourful life. He was an ardent Jacobite, the third Governor-General of the Royal Stuart Society, and a co-founder of the Scottish National Party. He was rector of University of Glasgow from 1931 to 1934. Mackenzie built a house on the island of Barra in the 1930s. It was on Barra that he gained much inspiration and found creative solitude. He died in Edinburgh but such was his love of the Scottish Highlands that he is buried in Barra.
Reference: H-0238b
Sir Compton Mackenzie, (1883-1...
Miss Farquhar, 3 Victoria Terrace, Inverness, in Elizabethan costume.
Reference: 32991c
Miss Farquhar, 3 Victoria Terr...
Miss Farquhar, 3 Victoria Terrace, Inverness, in Elizabethan costume.
Reference: 32991b
Miss Farquhar, 3 Victoria Terr...
Miss Farquhar, 3 Victoria Terrace, Inverness, in Elizabethan costume.
Reference: 32991a
Miss Farquhar, 3 Victoria Terr...
Mrs Chalmers bridal. Constance Paterson (1902-1975) married Francis James Chalmers (1881-1956) in 1936. She was the daughter of famous photographer Andrew Paterson (1877-1948).
Reference: 31734.5e
Mrs Chalmers bridal. Constance...
Mrs Chalmers bridal. Constance Paterson (1902-1975) married Francis James Chalmers (1881-1956) in 1936. She was the daughter of famous photographer Andrew Paterson (1877-1948).
Reference: 31734.5d
Mrs Chalmers bridal. Constance...
Mrs Chalmers bridal. Constance Paterson (1902-1975) married Francis James Chalmers (1881-1956) in 1936. She was the daughter of famous photographer Andrew Paterson (1877-1948).
Reference: 31734.5c
Mrs Chalmers bridal. Constance...
Mrs Chalmers bridal. Constance Paterson (1902-1975) married Francis James Chalmers (1881-1956) in 1936. She was the daughter of famous photographer Andrew Paterson (1877-1948).
Reference: 31734.5b
Mrs Chalmers bridal. Constance...
Mrs Chalmers bridal. Constance Paterson (1902-1975) married Francis James Chalmers (1881-1956) in 1936. She was the daughter of famous photographer Andrew Paterson (1877-1948).
Reference: 31734.5a
Mrs Chalmers bridal. Constance...
Miss Bethune as a shepherdess.
Reference: 25725b
Miss Bethune as a shepherdess....
Miss Bethune as a shepherdess.
Reference: 25725a
Miss Bethune as a shepherdess....