Randall Gair Doherty Explained

Randall Gair Doherty
Birthname:Randall Gair Doherty
Birth Date:2 May 1937
Birth Place:Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Death Place:Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England
Alias:Aleister Macalpine
Charles Edward D'Arquires
Family:Aleister Crowley (father)

Randall Gair Doherty (2 May 1937 – 20 November 2002) was an English politician, and son of occultist Aleisteir Crowley.[1] Throughout his life Doherty used several pseudonyms and titles including Aleister Macalpine and Count Charles Edward D'Arquires, and was called Aleister Atatürk by his father.[2]

Doherty was born on 2 May 1937 in Newcastle upon-Tyne to Aleister Crowley and Patricia Doherty, a native of Newlyn.[3] Doherty resided in Cornwall for the majority of his life and suffered from schizophrenia.[4]

He referred to himself as Count Charles Edward D'Arquires, Adjudicator of the Supreme Council of Great Britain.[4] Doherty said that he wanted to take over the British government by persuasion, and in 1976 requested a meeting with then Prime Minister Harold Wilson, which was refused.[4] [5]

Doherty died in a car accident in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, in 2002 at the age of 65.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lachman, Gary . 209 . Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World . 2014 . Penguin . 978-0-698-14653-2 . en.
  2. Web site: Hannigan . Des . 2005 . Aleister MacAlpine: Ataturk Crowley: Randall Gair: Count Charles Edward D'Arquires (1937-2002) . ArtCornwall.org.
  3. Book: Campbell, Colin D. . 57 . Thelema: An Introduction to the Life, Work & Philosophy of Aleister Crowley . 2018 . Llewellyn Worldwide . 978-0-7387-5523-6 . en.
  4. Web site: Trewhela . Lee . 2020-06-20 . Legendary occultist's Cornish son who tried to take over the Government . 2024-05-04 . Cornwall Live . en.
  5. Book: Häkkinen, Perttu . 573 . Lightbringers of the North: Secrets of the Occult Tradition of Finland . Iitti . Vesa . 2022 . Simon and Schuster . 978-1-64411-464-3 . en.
  6. Book: Kaczynski, Richard . 658 . Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley . rev. & exp. . 2012 . North Atlantic Books . 978-1-58394-576-6 . en.
  7. Book: Everett, Harold . 17 . The Aleister Crowley Encyclopedia . 2022 . via tolino media . 978-3-7546-4676-2 . en.