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Encyclopedia > Britalian
Italian Briton

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Notable Italian Britons:
Frankie Dettori
Lawrence Dallaglio
John Florio
Benjamin Disraeli
Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Italy
Total population

Italian
107,002 British
Italian or partial ancestry
est: 133,000 British
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Regions with significant populations
Bedford · Peterborough · Glasgow · Chelsea · South Kensington · Hyde Park · Westminster · Kensington
Languages
British English · Italian
Religions
Predominantly
Roman Catholic · Protestant · Jewish minority
Related ethnic groups
Italian

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According to the 2001 census a total of 107,002 Italian-born people are currently living in the United Kingdom, of whom 38,694 reside in London.[1] UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ... The term Italian Diaspora refers to the large-scale migration of Italians away from Italy in the period roughly between the unification of Italy in 1861 and the beginning of World War I in 1914. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...


More specific terms used to describe British Italian people include: Anglo-Italian; Italian-Scots, and Italian-Irish. Italian-Scots, or Scots-Italian, designates an ethnic minority of Scottish and Italian descent. ...

Contents

Fifteenth to Eighteenth centuries

In some form or another people of Italian descent have inhabited parts of the British Isles as far back as the fifteenth century. The Britalians of the time have been described as a "small but influential community ... that took shape in England in the fifteenth century initially consisting of ecclesiastics, humanists, merchants, bankers, and artists."[2] In the aftermath of the English Reformation, amongst other religious refugees from the European continent, many Italian Protestants found Tudor England to be a hospitable haven, and brought with them cultural Italian ties. The fifteenth century also saw the birth of a pivotal Italo-Englishman in the form of John Florio, a famed language teacher, lexicographer, and translator. This article describes the archipelago in north-Western Europe. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Christian buildings of worship. ... Humanism is a system of thought that defines a socio-political doctrine (-ism) whose bounds exceed those of locally developed cultures, to include all of humanity and all issues common to human beings. ... Merchants function as professional traders, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves. ... For other uses, see Bank (disambiguation). ... An artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. ... King Henry VIII of England The English Reformation refers to the series of events in sixteenth century England by which the church in England broke away from the authority of the Pope and consequently the entire Catholic church; it formed part of the wider Protestant Reformation, a religious and political... A European is primarily a person who was born into one of the countries within the continent of Europe. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Giovanni Florio (1553 – ?1625), English writer, was born in London about 1553. ... A lexicographer is a person devoted to the study of lexicography, especially an author of a dictionary. ... Look up Translator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


The arts flourished under the Hanoverian dynasty and this attracted many more Italian artists and musicians to the UK. The House of Hanover (the Hanoverians) is a German royal dynasty which has ruled the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, the Kingdom of Hanover and the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...


Second World War

When the dictator Benito Mussolini declared war on the Allies in May 1940, angry mobs attacked Italian restaurants and ice-cream parlours. Many Italians living in Britain were interned. Amongst some of the Italians interned were Mussolini's left-wing opponents who had fled to Britain after being involved in anti-fascist activities in Italy. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945) was the prime minister of Italy from 1922 until 1943, when he was overthrown. ... A representation of the changes in territory controlled by Allies and Axis powers over the course of the war. ... Anti-Fascism is a belief and practice of opposing all forms of Fascism. ...


Italians were held in various camps all over the country. Eventually, like other refugees, they would appear before tribunals individually, which had them classified into one of three groupings: A class aliens were interned, B class aliens were allowed to leave the camps but had certain restrictions placed upon their movements, and the vast majority of refugees, identified as C class aliens, and were allowed to go free. The Home Secretary, Sir John Anderson, ordered the arrest of over 2,000 male aliens living in coastal areas on 12 May 1940. A few days later all B class aliens were placed into internment camps. The author, H. G. Wells, joined the campaign against this, and accused the Home Office of being run by "Nazi sympathisers". He pointed out that a large number of those interned had a long record of being involved in anti-fascist activities in Germany and Italy. Many of these people were deported to Canada and Australia after the War Cabinet had decided to export them.[3] The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office and is responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole United Kingdom (including Scotland and Northern Ireland). ... John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley of Westdean (8 July 1882 – 4 January 1958) was a British statesman. ... Authorship redirects here. ... Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon and The Island of Doctor Moreau. ... The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... A War Cabinet is committee formed by a government in time of war. ...


The 1,500 ton SS Arandora Star set sail from Liverpool bound for Canada early on 01 July 1940. On 02 July at 07:00 am the ship was torpedoed 125 miles west of Ireland by the German U Boat 47 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Günther Prien. The Arandorra Star sank within 30 minutes, with a loss of over 700 lives. The sinking was, and still is, the most tragic event in the history of the Italian community: no other Italian community in the world has suffered such a blow.[4] On the 19 July the Home Secretary, wrote a letter to Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, in which he made it clear that he realised mistakes had been made in selecting Italians for the Arandora Star.[5] Lord Snell was charged with conducting a government inquiry into the tragedy. He recognised that the method of selecting dangerous Italians was not satisfactory and the result was that among those earmarked for deportation were a number of non-fascists and people whose sympathies lay with Britain.[6] Built by Cammel Laird & Company in 1927, the Arandora was renamed Arandora Star two years later to avoid confusion with ships associated with Royal Mail (Which typically bore names beginning and ending in A). A 15,501T luxury cruise ship operated by Blue Star Line, she was refitted during the... Location within England Coordinates: , Sovereign state United Kingdom Constituent country England Region North West England Ceremonial county Historic county Merseyside Lancashire Admin HQ Liverpool City Centre Founded 1207 City Status 1880 Government  - Type Metropolitan borough, City  - Governing body Liverpool City Council Area  - Borough & City 43. ... Unterseeboot 47 (U-47) was a German type VII B U-Boat (submarine). ... Korvettenkapitän (corvette captain) is a rank in the German Navy that is equivalent to a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy or Royal Navy. ... Korvettenkapitän Günther Prien (16 January 1908 – 7 March 1941) was one of the outstanding German U-boat aces of the first part of the Second World War, and the first U-boat commander to win the Knights Cross. ... Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC (16 April 1881–23 December 1959), known as The Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and as The Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was a British Conservative politician. ... The title of Foreign Secretary has been traditionally used to refer to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. ...


Post-War to the present

Bedford, where there are over 14,000 people of Italian origin living,[7] and Peterborough have the highest concentration of Italian immigrants in the UK. This is mainly as a result of labour recruitment in the 1950s by the London Brick Company in the southern Italian regions of Puglia and Campania. By 1960 approximately 7,500 Italian men were employed by London Brick in Bedford and a further 3,000 in Peterborough.[8] In 1962 the Scalabrini Fathers, who first arrived in Peterborough in 1956, purchased an old school and converted it into a church named after the patron saint of workers San Giuseppe. By 1991 over 3,000 christenings of second-generation Italians had been carried out there.[9] , Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England. ... This article is about the city in England. ... The workforce is the labour pool in employment. ... The London Brick Company was founded in 1900 by Sir Malcolm Stewart in the Marston Vale, Bedfordshire and was reputed to be the largest brick makers in the country. ... This article is about the Italian region. ... For other uses, see Campania (disambiguation). ... Founded by John Baptist Scalabrini, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy (d. ... Saint Quentin is the patron saint of locksmiths and is also invoked against coughs and sneezes. ... For other uses, see Saint Joseph (disambiguation). ... Baptism in early Christian art. ...


Famous British Italians

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References

  1. ^ Born Abroad: An immigration map of Britain British Broadcasting Corporation (retrieved 24 August 2007)
  2. ^ Wyatt, Michael The Italian Encounter with Tudor England: A Cultural Politics of Translation Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture No. 51, December 2005
  3. ^ Italians In Britain Spartacus Educational (retrieved 24 August 2007)
  4. ^ Colpi, Terry The Italian Factor: the Italian Community in Great Britain (pp.115-124) Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 1991
  5. ^ Foreign Office File FO 916 2581 folio 548
  6. ^ Foreign Office File FO 371 25210
  7. ^ Bedford's Italian question British Broadcasting Corporation (retrieved 24 August 2007)
  8. ^ Colpi, op. cit. (p.149)
  9. ^ Ibid. (p.235)

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See also

Romano-British is a term used to refer to the Romanized Britons under the Roman Empire (and later the Western Roman Empire) and in the years after the Roman departure exposed to Roman culture and Christian religion. ... For information on Immigration to Great Britain and Ireland or the United Kingdom see: Prehistoric settlement of Great Britain and Ireland, Immigration to the United Kingdom (until 1922) and Immigration to the United Kingdom (1922-present day) There are people from various ethnic groups who reside in the United Kingdom. ... British-Italian relations are foreign relations between Italy and the United Kingdom. ...

External links

  • The British Italian Society (English)
  • Museum of London: Reassessing what we collect: Italian London (English)


 

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