Randall Gair Doherty (2 May 1937 – 20 November 2002) was the son of occultist

Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley ( ; born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, novelist, mountaineer, and painter. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the pr ...

. 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. Doherty was born on 2 May 1937 in

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to Aleister Crowley and Patricia Doherty, a native of

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. Doherty resided in

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for the majority of his life and suffered from

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. He referred to himself as Count Charles Edward D'Arquires, Adjudicator of the Supreme Council of Great Britain. Doherty said that he wanted to take over the British government by persuasion, and in 1976 requested a meeting with then

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, which was refused. Doherty died in a car accident in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, on November 20, 2002 at the age of 65.

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{{Reflist 1937 births 2002 deaths Aleister Crowley Cornish people People with schizophrenia Road incident deaths in England