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J. Storer Clouston

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Born: May 22 1870

Died: 2222 06 19441944

Joseph Storer Clouston, although born in Cumberland, was classed as an Orcadian author and historian as he originally came from an old Orkney family.

He was the son of psychiatrist Sir Thomas Smith Clouston and his wife Harriet . He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh and Magdalen College, Oxford. Although he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in London in 1895, he never practised as a lawyer.

His first published book was 'Vandred the Viking; or The Feud and the Spell' and the following year he published what was to be his most celebrated work, 'The Lunatic at Large', to which there were a number of sequels.

He married his wife Winifred at St Andrews and St Leonards, Fife on 11 March 1903 and at one time they lived in St John's Wood, London. They had two sons and one daughter.

His novel 'The Spy in Black' was made into a successful film in 1939 and starred Conrad Veidt. It was released in the USA as 'U-Boat 29'.

He was also a historian and as such was the author of a couple of histories of Orkney, 'Records of the Earldom of Orkney 1299-1614' and 'A History of Orkney' . He was a founder member and the second president of the Orkney Antiquarian Society, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

He died at his home Smoogro House, Orphir, Orkney on 23 June 1944.

Gerry Wolstenholme
October 2012

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Books from J. Storer Clouston

The Man from the Clouds

The Lunatic at Large: A Novel

The Mystery of Number 47

The Lunatic at Large Again

The Duke

The Envelope

The Chemical Baby

His First Offence (Classic Reprint)

The Spy in Black

Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled "the lunatic at large"

Vandrad the Viking

Carrington's Cases

The Millionth Chance

The Complete Works of Joseph Storer Clouston

The Lunatic at Large

The Lunatic at Large

The Lunatic at Large

The Lunatic in Love

Simon

Old-Lore Miscellany of Orkney Shetland Caithness and Sutherland. Volume II Part III. July 1909. Old Lore Series 14

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Books from J. Storer Clouston

The Man from the Clouds

The Lunatic at Large: A Novel

The Mystery of Number 47

The Lunatic at Large Again

The Duke

The Envelope

The Chemical Baby

His First Offence (Classic Reprint)

The Spy in Black

Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled &quot;the lunatic at large&quot;

Vandrad the Viking

Carrington&apos;s Cases

The Millionth Chance

The Complete Works of Joseph Storer Clouston

The Lunatic at Large

The Lunatic at Large

The Lunatic at Large

The Lunatic in Love

Simon

Old-Lore Miscellany of Orkney Shetland Caithness and Sutherland. Volume II Part III. July 1909. Old Lore Series 14

Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled "the lunatic at large"

Carrington's Cases