Sir Rupert Mackeson, 2nd Baronet (born 16 November 1941) is a British author and former soldier.
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Mackeson is the son of Sir Harry Mackeson, 1st Baronet, and his wife Alethea Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot. His grandfather Henry Mackeson was the founder of the Mackeson brewery.
He was educated at Harrow School, Trinity College, Dublin and Sandhurst.
After serving four years in the Royal Horse Guards, Mackeson went into the City of London.
Mackeson has become a writer of books about racing, writing under his own name and also as Rupert Collens. Bet Like a Man (2001) is a novel about the cloning of a Derby winner. He also writes for the Racing Post and runs a mobile bookshop and art gallery which operates on British racecourses.
Ran a backroom operation trying to sell ads in non-existent or scarcely-existent reference works circa 1989. Charles Benson's autobiography and many other memoirs allude to Mackeson in far from flattering terms.
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| Preceded by Harry Mackeson |
Baronet (of Hythe) 1964–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |