• Source: 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 was European as of 2001.


    History



    The first Europeans to visit the islands were the Spanish. 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. By 1805, 1,500 whites lived on the island of Saint Kitts and 1,300 lived on Nevis. The English were the first Europeans to colonize St. Kitts. When Europeans visited the island of Nevis, the island was mostly inhabited by indigenous Caribs and Arawaks.


    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


    See also


    French settlement in Saint Kitts and Nevis
    Irish immigration to Saint Kitts and Nevis


    References

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