Editing Hindhead (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:UndershawCirca1900.jpg|thumb|Undershaw in Conan Doyle's day]]
* [[Grant Allen]] (1848–1899), the Canadian-born novelist, lived at "Hilltop". Conan Doyle was one of Allen's neighbours and became his friend; he completed Allen's novel ''Hilda Wade'' after Allen's death.<ref>{{cite ODNB |last=Van Arsdel |first= Rosemary T. |title=Allen, (Charles) Grant Blairfindie (1848–1899) |id=373 |date=October 2005}}</ref>
* [[Peter Alliss]] (1931–2020), professional golfer and commentator, lived in Hindhead.<ref name="surreylife1">{{cite web |url=http://www.surreylife.co.uk/people/nicholas_owen_meets_the_voice_of_golf_peter_alliss_1_1641388 |title=Nicholas Owen meets the voice of golf, Peter Alliss |work=Surrey Life |date=26 October 2010 |access-date=30 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414234617/http://www.surreylife.co.uk/people/nicholas_owen_meets_the_voice_of_golf_peter_alliss_1_1641388 |archive-date=14 April 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] lived at "[[Undershaw]]" from 1897 to 1907. Here he wrote some of his best-known novels, including ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles]]''. Undershaw later became a hotel and restaurant, but this closed in 2004 and the property is now a school.<ref>{{cite news|work=BBC News|date=20 October 2014|title=Deal struck over Conan Doyle house school plan|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-29698425|access-date=31 October 2018|archive-date=18 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618072804/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-29698425|url-status=live}}</ref> Conan Doyle was Hindhead Golf Club's first President in 1904.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-hindhead-golf-club.co.uk/|title=Hindhead Golf Club|access-date=7 Oct 2013|archive-date=30 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930011221/http://www.the-hindhead-golf-club.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Miss James]] built and lived at West Down, donating land to the National Trust which now features Miss James' Walk and the Miss James footbridge over the [[A3 road]].<ref name="James">{{cite web |title=Houses and Buildings |url=https://grayshottheritage.com/features/houses-and-buildings/ |website=Grayshott Heritage |access-date=4 July 2020 |language=en |date=14 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190907073747/https://grayshottheritage.com/features/houses-and-buildings/ |archive-date=7 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Sir Bernard Montgomery]] (1887–1976) took the title of "[[Viscount Montgomery of Alamein]], of Hindhead in the County of Surrey" when he was raised to the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom|peerage]] in 1946.<ref name="viscount">{{London Gazette|issue=37407|page=1|supp=y|date=28 December 1945}}</ref>
* Playwright [[George Bernard Shaw]] lived at "Blen Cathra" in Hindhead, now the site of [[St Edmund's School, Hindhead|St Edmund's School]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1244470|desc=St Edmund's School, East End|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>
* Diplomat and writer [[Humphrey Trevelyan]] was born at the parsonage in Hindhead.<ref name="ODNB">{{cite ODNB |first= Michael T. |last=Thornhill |doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/31773 |title=Trevelyan, Humphrey, Baron Trevelyan}}</ref>
* The scientist [[John Tyndall]] (1820–1893) lived and died at "Tyndalls", now known as "Hindhead House". He is best known for his work on the discovery of the [[greenhouse effect]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1244173|desc=Hindhead House|grade=II|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>