Gavin Vernon

Gavin Harold Russell Vernon (11 August 1926 – 19 March 2004) was a Scottish engineer who along with his accomplices, removed the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey in London on Christmas Day 1950 and took the Stone to Scotland.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Gavin Vernon". The Daily Telegraph. 26 March 2004. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Defining our destiny". The Scotsman. 29 March 2004. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Prankster struck blow for Scottish nationalism". Ottawa Citizen. 26 March 2004. ProQuest 240781406.