British Uruguayans

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British Uruguayans

Británico-uruguayos British-uruguayans
Total population
c. 690+ (Thousands with British ancestry)
Regions with significant populations
Throughout Uruguay. Principally in the south and in the west.
Languages
Rioplatense Spanish and English
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
English Argentine

British Uruguayan is a Uruguayan citizen of British descent or a British-born person residing in Uruguay. The British community in Uruguay is small but historically significant; it numbers c. 690 British expatriates^[1] and around 80,000 of people of British descent.

History[]

There has been presence of British nationals in the eastern shores of the Río de la Plata since colonial times. England exerted a notable influence in the region, including two invasions in the early 19th century; from that time dates the establishment of the first newspaper in Montevideo, The Southern Star. British settlers helped establish Conchillas and Barker at Colonia Department in the late 19th century. There were important British businesspeople in several activities, as well as politicians and professionals. Britons were also fundamental in the establishment of association football as a mainstream sport, with the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club (established 1891, later renamed as Peñarol) and other institutions.

Notable people[]

past

Henry Stanley Bowles (1871–99), football player who scored the first international goal for Uruguay

• Samuel Fisher Lafone (1805–1871), businessman
• Richard Bannister Hughes (1810-1875), businessman, founder of Villa Independencia.
• Juan D. Jackson (1833–1892), businessman
• Duncan Stewart (1833–1923), politician, interim President of the Republic
• his niece Matilde Pacheco Stewart (1854–1926) married President José Batlle y Ordóñez and gave birth to:
  • César Batlle Pacheco (1885–1966), politician and journalist, member of the National Council of Government 1959-1963
  • Rafael Batlle Pacheco (1888–1960), journalist
  • Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco (1897–1954), politician and journalist
• William Huskinson Denstone (1867–1925), owner and editor of The Montevideo Times
• Edward Johnston, CBE (1872–1944), designer of the sans-serif Johnston typeface used in the London Underground
• Alfredo Jones Brown (1876–1950), architect
• William Leslie Poole (1866–1931), football enthusiast
• Beatriz Lockhart (1944–2015), pianist, music educator and composer
• (1871–1899), footballer
• (1883–1958), footballer
• John Harley (1886–1960), footballer
• Randolph Galloway (1896–1964), football manager
• Faustino Harrison (1900–1963), politician, President of the National Council of Government in 1962
• George Foladori, a.k.a. (1908-1997), cartoonist
• Guillermo Douglas (1909–1967), rower
• Alberto Heber Usher (1918–1981), politician, President of the National Council of Government in 1966
• his brother Mario Heber Usher (1921–1980), politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay in 1966
• Nina Miranda (née Nelly María Hunter, 1925–2012), tango singer

present

• Guillermo Stirling, notary public and politician
• Emilio MacEachen, footballer
• Sebastián Coates, footballer
• William Jones, rower
• , actor
• , musician
• Matías Jones, footballer
• Agustina Casas Sere-Leguizamon, artist
• , Artist

Institutions[]

British immigrants established several institutions of their own, among others:

• The British Cemetery Montevideo (since 1828, present location since 1885)
• Holy Trinity Church (Anglican; established 1843, rebuilt on its present location in 1915)
• The British Hospital (established 1857, new building 1913)
• Montevideo Cricket Club (established 1861)
• The British Schools of Montevideo (established 1908)

See also[]

• British people
• British diaspora
• Uruguayans in the United Kingdom
• United Kingdom-Uruguay relations

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