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On 25 December 1950, four Scottish students from the University of Glasgow (Ian Hamilton, Gavin Vernon, Kay Matheson and Alan Stuart) removed the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey in London and took it back to Scotland.
Mar 24, 2023 · An ancient symbol of the Scottish kings, the stone was believed to roar with joy when it recognised the right monarch. In the 1950s, it was taken from London to Scotland in an audacious raid.
Oct 22, 2022 · Ian Hamilton, who broke into Westminster Abbey in London with fellow University of Glasgow students on Christmas Day in 1950 to take back the Stone of Destiny, the rock upon which Scottish...
Aug 8, 2021 · The Stone of Scone - the Scottish Stone of Destiny - missing from Westminster Abbey since Christmas Day, 1950 - being removed from Abroath Abbey, Scotland after being handed to the Custodian of the Abbey James Wiseheart by Scottish nationalists.
May 5, 2023 · Ian Hamilton, pictured here in 1951 and again in 2008, helped 'repatriate' the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey in 1950 and return it to Scotland.
The Stone is Recovered in Arbroath Abbey. No doubt as a result of the waning public support, the conspirators symbolically left the Stone in Arbroath Abbey on Tuesday 10 April, 1951, where the formal Declaration of Scottish Independence had been drawn up in 1320.
Apr 24, 2023 · In 1950, they decided to act on that belief, stealing the stone and taking it back to Arbroath, where Scots declared their nationhood in 1320. Today, Scotland is firmly a part of the United Kingdom along with England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Dec 24, 2020 · The Stone of Destiny theft in 1950 forced the closure of the border between Scotland and England for the first time in 400 years. Checks were made on hotels and boarding houses on both...
But a dead-of-night road trip from Glasgow to London at Christmas 1950 to bring home the Stone of Destiny – Scotland’s ancient symbol of monarchy – was the work of four Glasgow students, the last of whom, Ian Hamilton KC (BL 1952), has recently died. BBC Scotland's Steven Brocklehurst looks back on the epic tale.
May 5, 2023 · On Christmas Eve 1950, four young Scottish students took the 'Stone of Destiny' from Westminster Abbey in London. Show more.
