White Kittitians and Nevisians
White Kittitians and Nevisians are people of Saint Kitts and Nevis of European descent. Approximately 2.2% of the population of Saint Kitts and Nevis is European as of 2001.
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| White Caribbeans |
History
A substantial portion of the white population in Saint Kitts and Nevis claims descent from Irish and Scottish prisoners exiled to the islands during the rule of Oliver Cromwell.[1] By 1805, 1,500 whites lived on the island of Saint Kitts and 1,300 lived on Nevis.[2]
Notable people
- William Skinner (1700–1780), Chief Royal Engineer
- Rawlins Lowndes (1721–1800), Governor of South Carolina
- Daniel Roberdeau (1727–1795), signatory of the Articles of Confederation
- Thomas Mathews (1742–1812), General of the American Revolutionary War
- Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), Founding Father of the United States
- Frances Nelson (1758–1831), wife of Admiral Horatio Nelson
- Thomas Cottle (1761–1828), lawyer and planter
- Joseph Gerrald (1761–1828), political reformer
- Alfred Stephen (1802–1894), Chief Justice of New South Wales
- William Henry Smith (1826–1890), Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
- Henry Spencer Berkeley (1851–1918), Attorney General of Fiji
- James Alfred Dunn Podd (1855–1886), Baptist preacher
- Arthur Anslyn MBE (1944–2017), marine expert
- George Astaphan (1946–2006), physician
- Cloey Uddenberg (born 2002), footballer
- Pavel Durov, entrepreneur, born in Russia
References
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