Editing Stonehaven (section)

==Notable residents==
Stonehaven was the birthplace of [[Robert William Thomson]], inventor of the [[tire|pneumatic tyre]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scotland's Forgotten Inventor&nbsp;– Robert William Thomson |url=http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Scotland-History/RobertWilliamThomson.htm |access-date=23 December 2012 |publisher=Historic-UK.com |archive-date=8 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208144533/http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/Scotland-History/RobertWilliamThomson.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
It is also the birthplace of [[James Murdoch (Scottish Orientalist)|James Murdoch]], a journalist and Orientalist, [[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|Lord Reith of Stonehaven]], the first Director-General of the [[BBC]], and [[Tom McEwen (politician)|Tom McEwen]], a Canadian communist politician and trade union organiser.

John Ellis, an architect who was born and lived here, was responsible for many local buildings including the War Memorial.<ref>{{Cite news|date=20 August 1929|title=Death of Stonehaven architect|page=5|work=Dundee Courier|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19290820/079/0005|access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref> [[George Thomson Chapman]] (1824–1881), a New Zealand publisher, was born in Stonehaven.

[[Ury House]], Stonehaven, is the [[ancestral seat]] of the [[Viscount Stonehaven|Viscounts Stonehaven]]. It was built by [[Sir Alexander Baird, 1st Baronet]] in 1885.

The novelist [[Lewis Grassic Gibbon]] (James Leslie Mitchell) attended school at what was the old [[Mackie Academy]] (now Arduthie Primary).

Famous historical visitors include [[William Wallace]] and [[Mary, Queen of Scots]]. Poet [[Robert Burns]] met friends in Stonehaven in 1787.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Burness, James (1750-1837)|url=http://www.robertburns.org/encyclopedia/BurnessJames1750-1837.144.shtml|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-14|website=The Burns Encyclopedia|archive-date=14 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714224041/http://www.robertburns.org/encyclopedia/BurnessJames1750-1837.144.shtml}}</ref>