Kempton Bunton
Kempton Cannon Bunton (14 June 1904–April 1976) was a disabled British pensioner and unemployed bus driver who confessed to stealing Francisco Goya's painting Portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London in 1961. The theft of the painting was the subject of the October 2015 BBC Radio 4 drama Kempton and the Duke, and the 2020 film The Duke.
Kempton Bunton | |
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| Born | Kempton Cannon Bunton 14 June 1904 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England |
| Died | April 1976 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England |
| Spouse | Dorothy Bunton (née Donnelly) |
| Children | five (incl. sons John and Kenneth) |
| Criminal charge | offence contrary to section 2 of the Larceny Act 1916 [unlawfully taking property of the Trustees of the National Gallery by stealing the frame of the portrait of the Duke of Wellington] |
| Penalty | 3 mos. imprisonment |
| Imprisoned at | H.M. Prison Ford |
A National Archives file released in 2012 revealed Bunton's son John had confessed to the theft in 1969.
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