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Scottish writer (1883–1972)
Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, OBE (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as
Compton_Mackenzie
English actress (1894–1978)
Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie, CBE (/ˈkʌmptən/; 18 September 1894 – 12 December 1978), known professionally as Fay Compton, was an English actress
Fay_Compton
English actor (1885–1964)
Sidney Compton Mackenzie (/ˈkʌmptən/; 4 May 1885 – 17 September 1964), known professionally as Francis Compton and also known as Frank Compton, was an
Francis_Compton_(actor)
British author
Faith Nona, Lady Mackenzie (née Stone; 26 February 1878 – 9 July 1960), known as Faith Compton Mackenzie, was a biographer, short story writer, memoirist
Faith_Compton_Mackenzie
English actress (1886–1971)
Viola Maud Compton–Mackenzie (26 November 1886 – 7 April 1971), known as Viola Compton, was an English film actress. Born in Fulham, London, she was the
Viola_Compton
Film by Alexander Mackendrick
directorial debut of Alexander Mackendrick; the screenplay was by Compton Mackenzie, an adaptation of his 1947 novel Whisky Galore, and Angus MacPhail
Whisky_Galore!_(1949_film)
English theatrical designer (1884–1932)
parties, according to Coward's biographer Philip Hoare and Faith Compton Mackenzie, whose clothes he borrowed in 1904. Despite the mutual hostility of
Hugo_Rumbold
Island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland
filmed on Barra. The film is based on the novel Whisky Galore by Sir Compton Mackenzie, itself a fictionalised telling of the story of the SS Politician
Barra
Scottish breed of sheep
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Boreray_Blackface
Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy
Axel Munthe, Louis Coatalen, Maxim Gorky, Oscar Wilde (briefly), Compton Mackenzie, Romaine Brooks, Dame Gracie Fields, and Lenin (hosted by Gorky in
Capri
English actress (1942–2012)
William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward. Her great-uncle was novelist Sir Compton Mackenzie. Actor Oliver Reed was a step-cousin. She attended Miss Ironside's
Tracy_Reed_(English_actress)
Island in the River Beauly, Scotland
the Sobieski Stuarts and rented by author and Scottish nationalist Compton Mackenzie from Lord Fraser of Lovat. It is joined to the bank by a narrow white
Eilean_Aigas
Prize established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel
Ramón Menéndez Pidal (99) Sławomir Mrożek (38) Samuel Beckett (6) Compton Mackenzie (6) Tarjei Vesaas (6) 1969 184 103 5 30 Stijn Streuvels (98) Ivan
Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
Archipelago and council area off the west coast of mainland Scotland
century. Calvay in the Sound of Barra provided the inspiration for Compton Mackenzie's novel Whisky Galore after the SS Politician ran aground there with
Outer_Hebrides
Largest island in Scotland, part of the Outer Hebrides
MacLeod of Harris and Clan MacLeod of Lewis, the latter selling to Colin Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth. A dispute over 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) between
Lewis_and_Harris
1947 novel by Compton Mackenzie
Whisky Galore is a novel written by the Scottish author Compton Mackenzie. It was published in 1947. It was adapted for the cinema under the title Whisky
Whisky_Galore_(novel)
1935 film by George Cukor
The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett, a 1918 novel by Compton MacKenzie. Directed by George Cukor, it was notorious as one of the most famous
Sylvia_Scarlett
Battle of World War II
Australian War Memorial. Compton Mackenzie, Eastern Epic, p. 110. Long (1953), p. 393-394 Compton Mackenzie, pp. 112-113 Compton Mackenzie, p. 113. Long (1953)
Battle_of_Kissoué
Guernsey Channel Island
food by English soldiers occupying the island during World War 2". Compton Mackenzie, an English-born Scottish novelist, acquired the tenancy in 1920.
Herm
British television drama series (2000–2005)
Alexander Morton and Susan Hampshire. The series is loosely based on Compton Mackenzie's Highland Novels, which are set in the same location but in the 1930s
Monarch of the Glen (TV series)
Monarch_of_the_Glen_(TV_series)
2016 film by Gillies MacKinnon
Comedy of the same name, itself based on the novel of the same name by Compton Mackenzie. It was directed by Gillies MacKinnon and stars Gregor Fisher, Eddie
Whisky_Galore!_(2016_film)
Archipelago off the west coast of Scotland
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Hebrides
Military unit
pp. 44–45 Compton Mackenzie, Eastern Epic, p. 83 Compton Mackenzie, Eastern Epic, p. 124 Compton Mackenzie, pp. 125–6 Compton Mackenzie, Eastern Epic
8th_Infantry_Division_(India)
College of the University of Oxford
pardons". The Daily Telegraph. 31 January 2017. Compton Mackenzie at the Encyclopædia Britannica MacKenzie, Compton (1964). My Life and Times. Vol. 2. Chatto
Magdalen_College,_Oxford
Island off the west coast of Scotland
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Iona
British actor (1854–1918)
as Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, he was the fifth of nine children born to Charles Mackenzie, an actor known as Henry Compton (1805–1877), and Emmeline
Edward_Compton_(actor)
Island in the Orkney Islands group
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Hoy,_Orkney
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List_of_Orkney_islands
British monthly classical music magazine
reviews of recordings. It was founded in 1923 by the Scottish author Compton Mackenzie who continued to edit the magazine until 1961. It was acquired by
Gramophone_(magazine)
Island off the coast of Scotland
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Isle_of_Mull
1933 memoir by George Orwell
received favourable reviews from, among others, C. Day Lewis, WH Davies, Compton Mackenzie and JB Priestley. It was subsequently published by Harper & Brothers
Down and Out in Paris and London
Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_London
1941 novel
novel written by English-born Scottish author Compton Mackenzie and published in 1941. The first in Mackenzie's Highland Novels series, it depicts the life
The Monarch of the Glen (novel)
The_Monarch_of_the_Glen_(novel)
Combined military forces of Myanmar
and Burmese 12.3%, without counting their British officer corps. Compton Mackenzie wrote in Eastern Epic that after the separation of India and Burma:
Tatmadaw
Archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland
Ba game Orkney Heritage Society St Magnus Festival Outer Hebrides Compton Mackenzie Fèis Bharraigh Free Church of Scotland Iain Crichton Smith Inner Hebrides
Inner_Hebrides
British actor (1937–2015)
side he was also a great-nephew of the actress Fay Compton and the novelist Sir Compton Mackenzie. He was educated at the independent school Ardingly
Alan_Howard_(actor)
Archipelago in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
years later. His successor, who arrived on 3 July 1830, was Rev. Neil Mackenzie, a resident Church of Scotland minister who greatly improved the conditions
St_Kilda,_Scotland
Surname list
Clan Mackenzie Colin Hercules Mackenzie (1898–1986), Head of S.O.E. in the Far East Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972), Scottish novelist Dan Mackenzie, American
Mackenzie_(surname)
1913-14 novel by Compton Mackenzie
Sinister Street is a 1913–1914 novel by Compton Mackenzie. It is a kind of Bildungsroman, or novel about growing up, and concerns two children, Michael
Sinister_Street
Archipelago, county and council area in northern Scotland
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Orkney
Island group in the Inner Hebrides
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Slate_Islands,_Scotland
Island off the coast of Scotland
Unusually for a Scottish island, Haswell-Smith (2004) and William Cook Mackenzie (1931) offer a Brythonic derivation and a meaning of "high place" (compare
Isle_of_Arran
Island of the Inner Hebrides, Scotland
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Isle_of_Skye
Southernmost Shetland Island, Scotland
Ba game Orkney Heritage Society St Magnus Festival Outer Hebrides Compton Mackenzie Fèis Bharraigh Free Church of Scotland Iain Crichton Smith Inner Hebrides
Fair_Isle
Island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland
Ba game Orkney Heritage Society St Magnus Festival Outer Hebrides Compton Mackenzie Fèis Bharraigh Free Church of Scotland Iain Crichton Smith Inner Hebrides
Isle_of_Bute
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1923–1924; 1924–1929; 1935–1937)
Chamberlain Rector of the University of Glasgow 1928–1931 Succeeded by Compton Mackenzie Preceded by The Viscount Haldane Chancellor of the University of St
Stanley_Baldwin
Island of the Inner Hebrides off Great Britain
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Jura,_Scotland
Archipelago in Scotland
Ba game Orkney Heritage Society St Magnus Festival Outer Hebrides Compton Mackenzie Fèis Bharraigh Free Church of Scotland Iain Crichton Smith Inner Hebrides
Shetland
Scottish islands
Ba game Orkney Heritage Society St Magnus Festival Outer Hebrides Compton Mackenzie Fèis Bharraigh Free Church of Scotland Iain Crichton Smith Inner Hebrides
Uist
Pair of archipelagos near Scotland
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Northern_Isles
1920 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald
novel, he relied upon H. G. Wells' 1909 novel Tono-Bungay and Sir Compton Mackenzie's 1913 novel Sinister Street as his literary templates. He sought to
This_Side_of_Paradise
Scottish non-fiction writer and historian (1944–2013)
Atlantic Monthly Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-87113-477-6. (1st edition 1990) Compton Mackenzie: a life. B. Blackwell. 1988. ISBN 978-1-55786-010-1. An unhusbanded
Andro_Linklater
Battle of World War II
ISBN 1-84574-066-1. Compton Mackenzie, p. 122 Compton Mackenzie, pp. 123-4 Compton Mackenzie, p.123 Playfair, p. 217 Compton Mackenzie, p. 124 Compton Mackenzie, p 125
Battle_of_Deir_ez-Zor_(1941)
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List_of_islands_of_Scotland
Island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland
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Vatersay
Island of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
opposition to the range inspired the 1957 novel Rockets Galore by Compton Mackenzie, which was made into the film Rockets Galore!. MOD Hebrides is still
South_Uist
Literary genre
reminiscence of gilded undergraduate life, as in Sinister Street by Compton Mackenzie or Waugh's Brideshead Revisited." Frederic Raphael's The Glittering
Varsity_novel
Hebrides, companion of Little Todday in the novel Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie Greatfish Isle: An island in the GameCube game, The Legend of Zelda:
List_of_fictional_islands
House in Capri, Italy
possession of Villa San Michele. This was described by the Scottish author Compton Mackenzie in his diaries. After the death of Munthe, the villa was donated to
Villa_San_Michele
Main island of the Orkney Islands, Scotland
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Mainland,_Orkney
Island in Scotland
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Gigha
Ancient Scottish coronation artefact
fifth book in the series The Four Winds of Love – the Scottish writer Compton Mackenzie imagines a romantic nationalist conspiracy in which a group of young
Stone_of_Scone
1919 novel by Compton Mackenzie
Poor Relations is a 1919 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. In contrast to his grimmer Sylvia and Michael, published the same year
Poor_Relations_(novel)
Style that applies to an owner of a Scottish estate
television series Monarch of the Glen (based on the 1941 novel by Compton Mackenzie), the wife of "Hector Naismith MacDonald, Laird of Glenbogle" is referenced
Laird
1952 novel by Compton Mackenzie
comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It includes characters from two earlier hit novels by Mackenzie Whisky Galore and The Monarch of the
The_Rival_Monster
Cat associated with the British Army
stuffed cat purchased at the Portobello Road market by Lady Faith Compton Mackenzie in the 1950s was identified as Crimean Tom but there is no proof it
Crimean_Tom
American actress
Compton and Virginia Mackenzie; 1 January 1853 – 4 May 1940) was an American actress and actor-manager who performed with her husband Edward Compton in
Virginia_Frances_Bateman
Topics referred to by the same term
American boat-builder The Four Winds of Love, series of novels by Compton Mackenzie This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title
Four_Winds
Town in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
the 'Galore', in Whisky Galore (novel), published the same year, by Compton Mackenzie. Frank Jay Gould F. Scott Fitzgerald Avery Hopwood Gerald Murphy Georges
Juan-les-Pins
Island of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
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Benbecula
British author (1907–1967)
was a British writer and conservationist. He was described by Sir Compton Mackenzie as the most talented writer about the countryside of his generation
John_Moore_(British_writer)
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List of sea stacks in Scotland
List_of_sea_stacks_in_Scotland
Italian musician (1894–1964)
Romaine Brooks. Borgatti had an affair with Faith Compton Mackenzie, whose husband Compton Mackenzie wrote Extraordinary Women in 1928, a satirical roman
Renata_Borgatti
One of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, United Kingdom
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Papa_Westray
Islands in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Ba game Orkney Heritage Society St Magnus Festival Outer Hebrides Compton Mackenzie Fèis Bharraigh Free Church of Scotland Iain Crichton Smith Inner Hebrides
Flannan_Isles
Island of Inner Hebrides, Scotland
Ba game Orkney Heritage Society St Magnus Festival Outer Hebrides Compton Mackenzie Fèis Bharraigh Free Church of Scotland Iain Crichton Smith Inner Hebrides
Lismore,_Scotland
1961 novel
Mezzotint is a 1961 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. Dooley p.103 David Joseph Dooley. Compton Mackenzie. Twayne Publishers, 1974. v t e
Mezzotint_(novel)
Fiction genre involving espionage
(1928). Water on the Brain (1933) by former intelligence officer Compton Mackenzie was the first successful spy novel satire. Prolific author Dennis
Spy_fiction
Italian socialite, model and art patroness (1881–1957)
gay men, and lesbians in exile, was described by British author Compton Mackenzie in his diaries. Numerous portraits of her were painted and sculpted
Luisa_Casati
1801 piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven
line with their own interpretation of the work. Gramophone founder Compton Mackenzie found the title "harmless", remarking that "it is silly for austere
Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)
Piano_Sonata_No._14_(Beethoven)
Permission granted in 1971 by Pope Paul VI
Jolliffe David Jones Osbert Lancaster F. R. Leavis Cecil Day-Lewis Compton Mackenzie George Malcolm Max Mallowan Alfred Marnau Yehudi Menuhin Nancy Mitford
Agatha_Christie_indult
Jacobite pretender
(1961), P. 115: "Roehenstart was a colonel, but not a general..." Compton Mackenzie, Prince Charlie and his ladies (1935), pp. 266–267 Descendants of
Charles Edward Stuart, Count Roehenstart
Charles_Edward_Stuart,_Count_Roehenstart
Strait in Scotland
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The_Minch
1931 film
Both directors had close memories of Gallipoli, as did Fay Compton's brother, Compton Mackenzie. Asquith's father H. H. Asquith had been Prime Minister at
Tell_England_(film)
Species of butterfly
Tolkien's The Hobbit, in chapter 8, "Flies and Spiders".[citation needed] Compton Mackenzie mentions decline in numbers and them feeding on carcass in The Darkening
Apatura_iris
Island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland
MacGuaire, possibly the ancestor of the Livingstone (MacDhùn-lèibhe) family. MacKenzie mentions that his name was anglicised in the following widely differing
Ulva
Island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland
both customs duties and wartime rationing and subsequently inspired Compton Mackenzie's 1947 comic novel Whisky Galore! and its 1949 film adaptation. During
Eriskay
1927 novel
Fire is a 1927 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It was inspired by the time Mackenzie had spent living in Capri before the First World
Vestal_Fire
Sporadically inhabited island in Loch Broom in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland
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Tanera_Mòr
Island of Orkney, Scotland
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Westray
Island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides
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Kerrera
Scottish island group
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Islands_of_the_Clyde
English writer and gardener (1892–1962)
Days in Persia) How does your garden grow? (1935) (Beverley Nichols, Compton Mackenzie, Marion Dudley Cran, Vita Sackville-West) Some flowers (1937) Country
Vita_Sackville-West
Main island of the St Kilda archipelago, Scotland
meaning "stags" in Norse). Steel (1998) quotes the view of Reverend Neil Mackenzie, who lived there from 1829 to 1844, that the name is derived from the
Hirta
1946 film
and Jean Kent. It is based on the 1912 novel of the same name by Compton Mackenzie, which had previous been made into a 1932 film Dance Pretty Lady by
Carnival_(1946_film)
Island in Shetland, United Kingdom
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St_Ninian's_Isle
1931 comedy novel by British writer Compton Mackenzie
writer Compton Mackenzie. Linklater p. 214 David Joseph Dooley. Compton Mackenzie. Twayne Publishers, 1974. Andro Linklater. Compton Mackenzie: A Life
Buttercups_and_Daisies
British secret service director (1859–1923)
MI6 during the war included Augustus Agar, Paul Dukes, John Buchan, Compton Mackenzie and W. Somerset Maugham. When the SSB discovered that semen made a
Mansfield_Smith-Cumming
Scottish breed of sheep
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Soay_sheep
1912 novel
Carnival is a 1912 novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. A London ballet dancer falls in love with an aristocrat, but refuses to become his mistress
Carnival_(Mackenzie_novel)
Island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland
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Holy_Island,_Firth_of_Clyde
COMPTON MACKENZIE
COMPTON MACKENZIE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Campton in Bedfordshire, named in Old English as ‘settlement (Old English tūn) by the Camel river’ (a lost river-name of Celtic origin).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of numerous places named from Old English cotum (dative plural of cot) ‘at the cottages or huts’ (or sometimes possibly from a Middle English plural, coten). Examples include Coton (Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Staffordshire), Cottam (East Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire), and Cotham (Nottinghamshire).French : from a diminutive of Old French cot(t)e ‘coat (of mail)’ (see Cott).John Cotton (1584–1652) was a noted Puritan preacher, who landed at Boston, MA, from London in 1633 and became leader of the Congregationalists in America.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of the numerous places called Hampton, including the cities of Southampton and Northampton (both of which were originally simply Hamtun). These all share the final Old English element tÅ«n ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’, but the first is variously hÄm ‘homestead’, hamm ‘water meadow’, or hÄ“an, weak dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of hÄ“ah ‘high’. This name is also established in Ireland, having first been taken there in the medieval period.The descendants of the clergyman Thomas Hampton, resident at Jamestown, VA, in 1630, lived in VA through three generations, multiplying their homesteads as the colony expanded and then branched into SC.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from either of two places named Rampton, in Cambridgeshire and Nottinghamshire; the first, and probably also the second, is named Old English ramm ‘ram’ + tūn ‘settlement’. However, the modern surname is concentrated in Hampshire, suggesting perhaps that another, unidentified source could be involved.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name, Colstan, which is probably from Old Norse Kolsteinn, composed of the elements kol ‘charcoal’ + steinn ‘stone’.English : habitational name from Colston Basset in Nottinghamshire, or the nearby Car Colston, both of which seem to have originally been named from the Old Norse personal name Kolr + Old English tūn ‘settlement’. The first syllable of Car Colson was originally the defining prefix kirk ‘church’.English : habitational name from Coulston in Wiltshire, which is named with the genitive case of an Old English personal name Cufel (diminutive of Cufa) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Crompton in Lancashire, named with an Old English crumbe ‘river bend’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Compton.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the numerous places throughout England (but especially in the south) named Compton, from Old English cumb ‘short, straight valley’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Crumpton.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Winding Farm
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin) and French
English (of Norman origin) and French : status name for a professional champion (see Champion, Kemp), from the Norman French form campion.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : habitational name from a place in North Yorkshire named Coulton, probably from Old English col ‘(char)coal’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Hertfordshire and Hampshire, both named from the Old English personal name C̄ma + Old English tūn ‘settlement’.English : variant of Kempton.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Lampton in Greater London (formerly Middlesex) or Lambton in County Durham, named in Old English as ‘farm or settlement where lambs were reared’, from lamb ‘lamb’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Tom, a short form of the personal name Thomas.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Crumpton.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place called Kempton in Shropshire, named from an Old English personal name Cempa (or the Old English vocabulary word cempa ‘warrior’) + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.English : variant of Kimpton.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of various places called Colton in England, perhaps also Colton House in Scotland. Examples in Norfolk, Staffordshire, and North Yorkshire are from the Old English personal name Cola (or the cognate Old Norse Koli; see Cole 2) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The place so named in Somerset has as its first element the Old English personal name Cūla (of uncertain origin). The one in Cumbria has a river name apparently derived from a Celtic word meaning ‘hazel’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places, for example in Essex, Suffolk, and Warwickshire, named Clopton from Old English clopp(a) ‘rock’, ‘hill’ + tūn ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : see Cumpston.
COMPTON MACKENZIE
COMPTON MACKENZIE
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
An Epithet of Ganesha
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English
Row of Houses by the Wood; The Path through the Woods; Lives in a Row of Houses by the Wood
Boy/Male
Finnish Greek
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Thankful; Grateful
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Rich in Fame
Boy/Male
Tamil
Tarun Dav | தரà¯à®£Â தாவÂ
Young, Youth, Tender
Girl/Female
Tamil
Anushiya | அநà¯à®·à¯€à®¯à®¾Â
Brave and sweet, Beauty
Boy/Male
Indian, Russian, Turkish
Little
Boy/Male
Arabic, Indonesian
Tree
Boy/Male
Muslim
Loving flowers
COMPTON MACKENZIE
COMPTON MACKENZIE
COMPTON MACKENZIE
COMPTON MACKENZIE
COMPTON MACKENZIE
v. i.
To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; -- used with to.
a.
See Compony.
a.
Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony.
v. i.
To board together; to eat at a table in common.
v. i.
To have a joint right with others in common ground.
n.
The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right.
n.
A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears.
v.
Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.
n.
A stopper of a cannon or a musket. See Tampion.
n.
The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.
n.
See Pumpion.
n.
Cloth made of cotton.
a.
See Compony.
n.
A plug in a flute or an organ pipe, to modulate the tone.
a.
Alt. of Compone
n.
A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.
v.
Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer.
n.
The iron bottom to which grapeshot are fixed.