SPANISH BRITON

'Spanish Britons' or (, is derived from ''Hispānia'' now known as ''España'' , the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula), are raised and educated citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ancestry originates in the southwest European nation of Spain and can identify themselves as having Spanish Cultural heritage.^[1]
Spanish people are more widely spread in Britain than those born in Portugal and started to come to the UK at different times of the Twentieth Century.

Contents

History of Spanish settlement

Number of Spanish Britons

Spanish Britons by Area

Related Ancestry

Gallery

Notable Spanish Britons

See also

Resources

History of Spanish settlement

Spanish people first arrived in great numbers in 1945 after the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39, when political exiles began to settle mainly in Westminster, Kensal Town, Kensington, Chelsea, Ladbroke Grove and Camden. A republican government-in-exile sat in London until 1945, and a social and cultural centre was established at the Spanish House in Bayswater. Many came seeking work, skills and education after the economic crisis in Spain. Many more economic migrants arrived in the post-war years and from the 1980s onwards, many middle-class students began to come to London. This may also include settlers from British territory of Gibraltar, as those people are British citizens and free to migrate to UK.

Number of Spanish Britons

It is estimated that around 25,000 Spanish people live in North Kensington, focused around the Spanish School in Notting Hill and around Victoria.
At the time in the 2001 Census 54,105 Spanish-born people were in Britain, which is an increase of just 15,500 in 10 years.

Spanish Britons by Area

The areas with the most Spanish-born populations:
'Spanish Born'

'Spanish Immigration to the United Kingdom'

Origin	Location	Actual Population	Year
Spanish	London	22,479 (42% of total-0.31% of London Population)	United Kingdom Census 2001
Spanish	South East	9,786	United Kingdom Census 2001
Spanish	East of England	4,439	United Kingdom Census 2001
Spanish	North West	3,465	United Kingdom Census 2001
Spanish	South West	3,352	United Kingdom Census 2001

Related Ancestry

Other Britons who may be of Spanish ancestry via a Hispanic country of Latin America and not directly from Spain may be not accounted for in this article, please see the articles:

★ Latin American Briton

Gallery

Notable Spanish Britons

★ Natalia Tena (Spanish descent), Actress

★ Alfred Molina (Spanish father), Actor

★ Michael Portillo (Spanish father), Politician & Broadcaster

★ Amanda Ghost (Spanish mother), Singer/Songwriter

★ Geri Halliwell (Spanish mother), Singer and former Member of the Spice Girls

★ Mary I of England (Spanish mother)

★ Felipe Fernández-Armesto (Spanish father), Historian

★ Helena Bonham Carter (Spanish maternal grandfather), Actress

★ Martin Marquez, Actor (Star of Hotel Babylon)

★ Fiona Allen (Spanish mother), Comedian & Actress

★ Mati White (Wife of Michelin-starred chef Marco Pierre White and born in Spain)

★ Jamie Delgado, Tennis player

★ Roland Orzabal (Spanish Father) founder and lead of band Tears for Fears

★ QBoy (Spanish Father) Rapper & DJ

See also

★ Hispanic

★ Spic

★ Mediterranean race

★ White Hispanic

★ White Latin American

★ Hispanics in the United States

★ Spanish American

★ Spanish Brazilian

★ Spanish Canadian

★ Spanish-Filipino

Resources

★ Spanish In Britain

★ UK Latino

★ Reassessing what we collect website – Spanish London History of Spanish London with objects and images