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词条 Gavin Vernon
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  1. Background

  2. Removal of the Stone of Scone

  3. Later life

  4. References

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}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]

Background

Vernon was born in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, the son of a doctor and educated at Strathallan School in Perthshire, Scotland.[1] After Strathallan, Vernon completed his national service with the Royal Signals serving in Malta, Palestine and Cyprus.[1] He then attended the University of Glasgow where he studied electrical engineering.[4] Whilst studying in Glasgow he became a member of the Scottish Covenant Association, a group which supported home rule for Scotland.[5]

Removal of the Stone of Scone

{{Main|Removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950}}

Whilst studying at the University of Glasgow, Gavin Vernon, was approached by a fellow student, Ian Hamilton, to participate in a daring plan to remove the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey in London and take it to Scotland.[5] The heist was a success and set off one of the biggest manhunts in British history.[9] The border between Scotland and England was closed for the first time in over four hundred years.[5][6] All but one of the group, Ian Hamilton, admitted to their role in the raid.[1] The authorities decided not to prosecute the students for fear it would politicise the incident.[7]

The incident created considerable publicity in the United Kingdom and beyond.[1][5] The four students became household names both at the time and to later generations.[2] Vernon's name would become inextricably linked with the raid and amongst the devolution and nationalist movements in Scotland he gained iconic status.[7] For the rest of his life he would be remembered for his role in the events of Christmas Day 1950.[2] In 2008 the incident was made into a film called Stone of Destiny, where Vernon was played by Stephen McCole.[8]

Later life

In 1960 Vernon got married to Anne Fraser with whom he had one son in addition to her two sons from a previous marriage.[1] In 1963 he emigrated with his family to Canada and initially found work on a pot ash mining project in Saskatchewan.[9] Vernon worked on several engineering projects around the world in Vancouver, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, London, Saudi Arabia and Aberdeen before finally settling in West Vancouver.[5][9] In Vancouver he became a consulting engineer and contributed to the establishment of The Western Canada Group of Chartered Engineers.[5][9]

When the Stone of Scone was officially returned to Scotland in 1996 Gavin Vernon attended the ceremony in Edinburgh.[1] On Christmas Eve 2000, the fiftieth anniversary of the event, Vernon returned to Westminster Abbey which was specially opened for him with the words: 'Welcome back, Mr Vernon'.[10] In early 2004 Vernon was diagnosed with cancer, and in March 2004, he died.[5]

References

1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1457731/Gavin-Vernon.html |title=Gavin Vernon |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=26 March 2004 |accessdate=4 January 2013}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/defining-our-destiny-1-519098 |title=Defining our destiny |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=29 March 2004 |accessdate=4 January 2013}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/240781406/13B6B8FC20016577E13/16?accountid=15842 |title=Prankster struck blow for Scottish nationalism |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=26 March 2004 |accessdate=4 January 2013}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/319077062/13B6B8FC20016577E13/1?accountid=15842 |title=Gavin Vernon |newspaper=The Times |date=2 April 2004 |accessdate=4 January 2013}}
5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/gavin-vernon-engineer-who-helped-return-the-stone-of-destiny-to-scotland-1.89326 |title=Gavin Vernon Engineer who helped return the Stone of Destiny to Scotland |newspaper=The Herald (Glasgow) |date=1 April 2004 |accessdate=4 January 2013}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/321454380/13B6B524DE032222EB4/13?accountid=15842 |title=Call of destiny ; As one of their peers dies, the group who returned the Stone of Destiny to Scotland recall their incredible story |newspaper=Daily Mail |date=30 March 2004 |accessdate=4 January 2013}}
7. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/first-stone-raider-meets-his-final-destiny-1-519088 |title=First Stone raider meets his final destiny |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=29 March 2004 |accessdate=1 January 2013}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/film-review-stone-of-destiny-1-1438029 |title=Film review: Stone of Destiny |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=3 October 2008 |accessdate=1 January 2013}}
9. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/383840101/13B6B524DE032222EB4/7?accountid=15842 |title=Gavin Vernon |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=29 June 2004 |accessdate=4 January 2013}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/434031593/13B6B524DE032222EB4/12?accountid=15842 |title=Took part in Stone of Scone theft |newspaper=The Gazette (Montreal) |date=26 March 2004 |accessdate=4 January 2013}}
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6 : 1926 births|2004 deaths|People from Aberdeenshire|People educated at Strathallan School|Alumni of the University of Glasgow|Scottish nationalists
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