Poet, editor, artist, and journalist. Alternative signature: “W. A. Mackenzie.” Born
in Invergordon, Scotland. Educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen. Moved to London.
Author of detective stories. Contributed to *Punch*. Secretary of the Royal Society
of Arts and secretary general of Save the Children International (1920-1939). Biographical
information: *Yellow Nineties Personography*; Clare Mulley, *The Woman Who Saved the
Children: A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb: Founder of Save the Children*, Oneworld Publications,
2009; Maurice Lindsay, editor, *Scottish Comic Verse: An Anthology*, R. Hale, 1981,
p. 234. (CC)