Tributes paid to lawyer Ian Hamilton who stole the Stone of Destiny as a student
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the 97-year-old was a ‘legend’ of the independence movement.
Source: johnogroat-journal.co.uk
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the 97-year-old was a ‘legend’ of the independence movement.
Ian Hamilton was one of Scottish four nationalists who took the stone from Westminster Abbey in 1950.
Ian Hamilton helped to swipe the treasured symbol of monarchy from underneath King Edward I's Coronation Chair on Christmas Day in 1950.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon led tributes as the sad news was announced on Tuesday morning.
TRIBUTES have been paid to the prominent Scottish nationalist and lawyer Ian Hamilton KC, who has died at the age of 97.