Sir Rupert Mackeson, 2nd Baronet

Sir Rupert Mackeson, 2nd Baronet (born 16 November 1941) is a British author and former soldier.

Background and education

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.

Career After serving four years in the Royal Horse Guards, Mackeson began working in the City of London. When he left the army, Mackeson found employment running a London bank with strong ties to the Mafia, which Mackeson freely admits. "I ran a Mafia controlled financial institution," he declared in The Guardian. Since he "did not want to end up under Blackfriars Bridge," When he was finally transported back to the UK, the judge presiding over the case ruled that it was an illegal extradition—a kidnapping, in essence—and had him freed.

Since release, 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.

Books as Rupert Mackeson Great Racing Gambles and Frauds Flat Racing Scams and Scandals (Metro Publishing, 2004) Bet Like a Man (Eye Ltd, Bridgnorth, 2001)

Books as Rupert Collens 50 Cheltenham Gold Cups Cecil Aldin's Dogs and Hounds 25 Legal Luminaries from Vanity Fair Snaffles: His Life and Works (with John Welcome) Snaffles on Racing and Point to Pointing (with John Welcome) Snaffles on Hunting (with John Welcome)