Robert Gray (Scottish politician)
Robert Gray (1895 – 12 April 1975), often known as Bertie Gray, was a Scottish nationalist politician. Gray worked as a stonemason and in 1928 was a founder member of the National Party of Scotland. In 1929, he made two copies of the Stone of Scone, a coronation stone originally used by Scottish monarchs, but taken by Edward I of England to Westminster Abbey in 1296. Gray stood unsuccessfully for the National Party at the 1932 Dunbartonshire by-election, then when it merged into the Scottish National Party (SNP) in 1934 became the Assistant Secretary of the new party. He stood for the SNP in Dunbartonshire at the 1935 general election and a 1936 by-election in the seat, although he received less than 10% of the vote on each occasion. Disillusioned with the SNP, Gray joined the Progressives, an anti-Labour coalition, and in 1947 was elected to Glasgow City Council, representing Blythswood. Gray retained his nationalist beliefs. In 1950, the Stone of Scone was removed from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist activists. It was damaged in the process, and John MacCormick, who had been involved in the plot, delivered it to Gray's stonemasonry business, where he arranged for his head stonemason