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He was the campaign manager for the successful bid to have John MacCormick elected Rector of the university, and is perhaps most famous for leading the expedition of a number of student Scottish nationalists in taking the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Eve, 1950 and bringing it to Scotland.

After graduating from university, Hamilton forged a highly successful legal career, becoming one of Scotland's most prominent lawyers. He joined the Labour Party for a short while, but has spent most of his life in active politics as a member of the Scottish National PartyIn Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a centre-left political party who favours Scottish independence. It currently regularly polls the second highest number of votes for a political party in Scotland. History The SNP was formed in 1934 from t (SNP).

He was SNP candidate for the StrathclydeStrathclyde was one of the regional council areas of Scotland from 1974 to 1996. It was named after the Kingdom of Strathclyde, which covered broadly the same area. Its largest city was Glasgow, and it was the largest region in the country, with a populat East seat at the 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an election to the European ParliamentThe European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union. Other organisations of European countries such as NATO, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, and the Western European Union have parliamentary assemblies as well, but the European Parlia, as well as a candidate for them in the GreenockGreenock is a town in the district of Inverclyde, in western Scotland. Its population was recorded as being 45,467 in the 2001 Census. It lies on the south bank of the River Clyde. The engineer James Watt, musician John McGeoch, poet Denis Devlin and pira and InverclydeInverclyde is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. It borders onto Renfrewshire and North Ayrshire. The council area is in the traditional county of Renfrewshire. Towns and villages Gourock Greenock Port Glasgow Wemyss Bay Inverkip Kilmacolm Pla seat at the 1999The polling date for the first Scottish Parliament election was held on 7th May, 1999. The Scottish National Party (SNP) had polled well in opinion polls running up to the election, gaining some 40% approval ratings and leading Labour, but this level of s election to the Scottish ParliamentThe Scottish Parliament Parlamaid na h-Alba in Gaelic, Scots Pairlament in Scots) is the national legislature of Scotland. The original Scottish Parliament (or Estates of Scotland was abolished by the Act of Union 1707 along with the English Parliament, t. He was also chosen by GUSNA as their candidate for the Glasgow University Rectorial election in 1999 in which he came second to the actor Ross Kemp.

Hamilton has since resigned from the SNP in protest at their position in relation to the monarchy. A committed republican he believes that they are too pro-monarchy for his taste.

Hamilton has written two autobiographical works, that are in part polemical too, A Touch of Treason ( 1994) and A Touch More Treason ( 1990).