Randall Gair Doherty (2 May 1937 – 20 November 2002) was the 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]
Randall Gair Doherty | |
|---|---|
| Born | Randall Gair Doherty 2 May 1937 Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Died | 20 November 2002 (aged 65) Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Other names | Aleister Macalpine Charles Edward D'Arquires |
| Family | Aleister Crowley (father) |
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]
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- ^ Campbell, Colin D. (2018). Thelema: An Introduction to the Life, Work & Philosophy of Aleister Crowley. Llewellyn Worldwide. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-7387-5523-6.
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- ^ Häkkinen, Perttu; Iitti, Vesa (2022). Lightbringers of the North: Secrets of the Occult Tradition of Finland. Simon and Schuster. p. 573. ISBN 978-1-64411-464-3.
- ^ Kaczynski, Richard (2012). Perdurabo: The Life of Aleister Crowley (rev. & exp. ed.). North Atlantic Books. p. 658. ISBN 978-1-58394-576-6.
- ^ Everett, Harold (2022). The Aleister Crowley Encyclopedia. via tolino media. p. 17. ISBN 978-3-7546-4676-2.