British Uruguayans (sometimes known as Anglo-Uruguayans) are British nationals residing permanently in Uruguay or Uruguayan citizens claiming British heritage. Unlike
other waves of immigration to Uruguay from Europe, British immigration to Uruguay has historically been small, especially when compared to the influxes of
Spanish
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and
Italian immigrants
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. Like
their counterparts in Argentina, British immigrants tended to be skilled workers, ranchers, businessmen and bureaucrats rather than those escaping poverty in their homeland.
The British in Uruguay were highly influential during the height of the
Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardia ...
, to the extent that Uruguay came to be described as an
informal colony. They were intimately involved with the industrialisation of the Uruguayan economy and in the promotion of competitive sports such as rugby, cricket, and most notably, football. However, dissatisfaction with the performance of British monopolies like the
Central Uruguay Railway and the
Montevideo Waterworks Company
The Montevideo Waterworks Company, Ltd. was a British company, operating in Montevideo, Uruguay. Organized in 1879, its offices were at 61 Moorgate, London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city ...
found a popular outlet in the ideology of
Batllismo; this, combined with Britain's decline as a
great power
A great power is a sovereign state that is recognized as having the ability and expertise to exert its influence on a global scale. Great powers characteristically possess military and economic strength, as well as diplomatic and soft power in ...
, gradually eroded the sway that British governments had traditionally enjoyed in Uruguay.
Consequently, British immigration declined from an already low base, and the existing British community steadily integrated with the wider population as the 20th century progressed. In more recent years, Uruguay has become an increasingly popular destination for British expats due to its "European feel", low taxes and cheap healthcare.
Profile
It is unclear how many British nationals or descendants of British people reside in Uruguay, and estimates vary depending on how strictly the British community in Uruguay is defined.
In 2006, 690 British citizens resided in Uruguay, 40 of whom were pensioners.
Regarding non-citizens, the 1996 census showed 509
permanent residents
Permanent residency is a person's legal resident status in a country or territory of which such person is not a citizen but where they have the right to reside on a permanent basis. This is usually for a permanent period; a person with such ...
in Uruguay who were born in the United Kingdom.
This figure had declined to 269 by the 2011 census.
A 2013 article in the paper ''
El Observador'' reported an active "English community" of around 4,500, including both descendants and those born in the United Kingdom.
History
Background
In February 1807, following
their victory at Cardal, the British Army
captured Montevideo and occupied the city for several months as part of their ultimately failed
Campaign in the River Plate. While brief, the occupation was arguably a "commercial success" and foreshadowed the close economic relationship Uruguay and the United Kingdom later developed. As summarised by the travel writer
William Henry Koebel William Henry Koebel (1872–1923) was an English author and businessman. He is best remembered today for his books on trade and travel within Portugal (and Madeira)., the Caribbean, Central America and South America. His books continue to be stud ...
, the local merchant class appreciated the liberal trading regime overseen by the occupiers:
In 1824 mercantile elites in Montevideo lobbied to have the
Banda Oriental
Banda Oriental, or more fully Banda Oriental del Uruguay (Eastern Bank), was the name of the South American territories east of the Uruguay River and north of Río de la Plata that comprise the modern nation of Uruguay; the modern state of Rio Gra ...
become a British colony.
[Winn, 1976, p. 103] This was rejected, although
Lord Ponsonby Baron Ponsonby may refer to:
* Baron Ponsonby (of Imokilly), a hereditary title that was created in 1806 and became extinct in 1866
* Frederick Ponsonby, Baron Ponsonby of Roehampton (born 1958), Labour politician
*Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
Ba ...
encouraged them to believe that an independent Uruguay would be protected by Britain and receive British capital and skilled migrants.
The
Empire of Brazil
The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and (until 1828) Uruguay. Its government was a representative parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the rule of Emperors Dom ...
sought to incorporate Uruguay into its own territory as
Cisplatina
Cisplatina () was a Brazilian province in existence from 1821 to 1828 created by the Luso-Brazilian invasion of the Banda Oriental. From 1815 until 1822 Brazil was a constituent kingdom of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algar ...
and
fought against the insurrectionist forces of the
Thirty-Three Orientals
The ''Treinta y Tres Orientales'' (English: Thirty-Three Orientals or Thirty-Three Easterners) was a militant revolutionary group led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja and Manuel Oribe against the Empire of Brazil. Their actions culminated in the foun ...
and their allies, the
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ( es, link=no, Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata), earlier known as the United Provinces of South America ( es, link=no, Provincias Unidas de Sudamérica), was a name adopted in 1816 by the Co ...
. In 1828, British mediation produced the
Treaty of Montevideo, which cemented Uruguay as a
buffer state
A buffer state is a country geographically lying between two rival or potentially hostile great powers. Its existence can sometimes be thought to prevent conflict between them. A buffer state is sometimes a mutually agreed upon area lying between ...
neither Brazil or Argentina would control.
Early history
![1st Viscount Ponsonby](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/1st_Viscount_Ponsonby.jpg)
To cater to the needs of the fledgling British community in its early years, the
British Cemetery was established on land purchased by the British government. Businessman
Samuel Fisher Lafone financed the construction of the
Anglican Holy Trinity Church, completed in 1844. Economic development was obstructed during this time by the
Uruguayan Civil War
The Uruguayan Civil War, also known in Spanish as the ''Guerra Grande'' ("Great War"), was a series of armed conflicts between the leaders of Uruguayan independence. While officially the war lasted from 1839 until 1851, it was a part of armed c ...
(1838–1851), but in its aftermath the country attracted greater immigration and investment thanks to the growth of wool and cattle production.
At first, British citizens came to Uruguay mainly to work on the ranches, often as owners of their own
estancias
An estancia is a large, private plot of land used for farming or raising cattle or sheep. Estancias in the southern South American grasslands, the ''pampas'', have historically been estates used to raise livestock, such as cattle or sheep. In Pu ...
.
[Weil, 1971, p. 57] As a group, British landowners in rural Uruguay were few in number though highly influential. They were "modernizers" who imported pedigree livestock and erected wire fencing to
mark their property.
Another wave of immigration was inspired by the growth of the British textile industry: its insatiable demand for imported wool was the catalyst for an influx of sheep ranchers from Britain.
After 1870, Uruguay had more sheep than cattle.
In all, British ranchers in Uruguay were at the "vanguard of a new rural upper-class" that developed from the 1860s onwards.
They thrived thanks to a combination of technical knowledge, entrepreneurial spirit, and a strongly capitalist mentality.
According to historian Alvaro Cuenca, British settlers during the first decades of independence tended to be "businessmen and adventurers, and usually some combination of both".
An example is
Richard Bannister Hughes. He founded one of the first tourist estancias, Estancia La Paz, in 1856, and in 1859 set up a meat-salting business at Villa Independencia, a location that became synonymous with meat processing under its later name of
Fray Bentos
Fray Bentos () is the capital city of the Río Negro Department, in south-western Uruguay, at the Argentina-Uruguay border, near the Argentine city of Gualeguaychú. Its port on the Uruguay River is one of the nation's most important harbours. ...
.
In 1865 the first railroads were constructed in Montevideo. This was a turning point both for the Uruguayan economy and immigration patterns. The national expansion of the rail network in the coming decades altered Uruguay's
economic geography
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There are four branches of economic geography.
There is,
primary secto ...
decisively in favour of Montevideo — a port city where all rail networks lead for export of products, many of which were destined for Britain. Notably, meat-packing technology arrived in the 1860s, which allowed the canning of meat for export.
Apex
The British, along with German and French immigrants, impacted changes in family structure during the 19th and 20th centuries. Since a large portion of the higher-status migrants tended to be from Northern Europe, they introduced their
small family tradition; and urban Uruguayans further down the social spectrum were prone to imitating the customs, habits, and lifestyles of the
social elite.
[Weil, p. 91] By 1909, the average family had only three children, and many had fewer.
Eased by the spread of the railroads, Britain significantly increased its investment in Uruguay in the decades following the civil war. The pattern of British settlement gradually shifted away from the interior, and rural economic hubs like
Colonia del Sacramento
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became less important. Eventually, the main group of incomers were administrators and technicians employed by British companies in Montevideo.
The British in Uruguay held significant economic power, and so deep was the extent of British investment that Uruguay's
public debt
A country's gross government debt (also called public debt, or sovereign debt) is the financial liabilities of the government sector. Changes in government debt over time reflect primarily borrowing due to past government deficits. A deficit oc ...
was held in London.
By the eve of
World War I
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the railway system was owned and operated by British companies, and public utilities in Montevideo were either British monopolies or dominated by British capital; including gas, water supply, trams and telephones.
Half the foreign shipping tonnage entering Montevideo was British.
British nationals moved to Uruguay to help manage these interests and a number of institutions were launched to service their needs, such as
The British Schools of Montevideo
The British Schools of Montevideo is a private, coeducational, non-profit school, which aims to give an intensive bilingual education, combining the Uruguayan national curriculum with an English language program.
Educational programs and gover ...
; the
Victoria Hall theatre, ''
The Montevideo Times'' newspaper (1892–1934), and the
British Hospital.
In general, British immigrants succeeded in constructing a
home away from home. They reproduced the
Victorian values and "rigid protocol and etiquette" of the society from which they came.
Despite this, adaptation to native customs was not unheard of.
The community of British railroad employees in working-class
Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...
took part enthusiastically in the local carnival, with an Englishwoman once taking first prize in the costume contest.
Estimates vary as to the size and composition of the British community in Uruguay as the United Kingdom approached the height of its influence. A contemporary figure of 4,000 was noted in a January 1889 diary entry written by the diplomat
Ernest Satow
Sir Ernest Mason Satow, (30 June 1843 – 26 August 1929), was a British scholar, diplomat and Japanologist.
Satow is better known in Japan than in Britain or the other countries in which he served, where he was known as . He was a key fig ...
, who also recorded 1,200 Britons in Montevideo as the single biggest group. Cuenca prefers a more conservative estimate of 2,000 nationwide for the last decade of the 19th century, and argues that the vast majority were concentrated in Montevideo, where they lived and worked in the same neighbourhoods.
Decline
As the empire declined in the 20th century so too did British power in Uruguay.
British investment had reached its peak by 1914. Although Uruguay had been "born and raised under British tutelage", ties were now loosening and from then on a diminishing proportion of exports was directed to the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, complaints over the inadequate and expensive services provided by British-owned public utilities — already a matter of general comment before the end of the 19th century — were reaching a crescendo. Uruguay's position in the "imperial system" also failed to serve the interests of an aspiring middle-class,
whose desire for social improvement was undermined by foreign companies recruiting mainly from their own countries. Political backlash was inevitable.
[Finch, p. 39]
The reformist politics of President
José Batlle y Ordóñez
José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez ( or ; 23 May 1856 in Montevideo, Uruguay – 20 October 1929), nicknamed ''Don Pepe'', was a prominent Uruguayan politician, who served two terms as President of Uruguay for the Colorado Party. He w ...
clashed with British commercial interests; his power base consisting of small producers and immigrant labourers in urban Montevideo.
Batlle was sympathetic to state enterprise and his support for striking workers made him a "socialist menace" in the eyes of the
British Foreign Office
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. The dominance of Britain was further weakened by German and American competition, while the emergence of refrigeration (Uruguay sent its first shipment of frozen beef in 1905) allowed access to more export markets. Nevertheless, Britain retained some leverage despite the drying up of British capital, as it remained the principal market for chilled and frozen meat.
Integration
In 1935 Uruguay signed a pact with Britain, agreeing to pay debt, purchase British coal, and treat British companies generously, with the British government ensuring the placement of Uruguayan products in return. However, the 1940s proved to be the last decade of the
special relationship between Britain and Uruguay.
With the onset of the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
, Britain struggled to pay for meat imports it received from Uruguay, and in 1947 arranged to transfer ownership of railways, trams and waterworks to the Uruguayan government in exchange for cancellation of the remaining payments.
The United States superseded the United Kingdom as principal supplier in the aftermath, although Britain would stay as a major market for Uruguayan exports. As a sign of the changing times, Uruguay switched to
driving on the right, having initially
driven on the left in the British fashion.
Approximately 250 Anglo-Uruguayans fought for the British during the war, but by now they were "practically as
criollo
Criollo or criolla (Spanish for creole) may refer to:
People
* Criollo people, a social class in the Spanish race-based colonial caste system (the European descendants)
Animals
* Criollo duck, a species of duck native to Central and South Ameri ...
" as the natives.
Nevertheless, a small English-speaking community remained in Montevideo. It was complemented by legacy institutions like schools and social clubs and, for a time, was strong enough to support English-language newsletters.
[Weil, p. 61] The last English language newspaper, ''The Montevidean'', was founded in 1951 and appeared bi-weekly.
[Turcatti, 2013, pp. 102–103] Other than reporting on the social activities of British residents, it expressed a consistently right-wing political stance characterised by loyalty to Empire,
anti-communism
Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in the Russian Empire, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, when the United States and the ...
, hostility to
Juan Perón, and concern over the high
inflation
In economics, inflation is an increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy. When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services; consequently, inflation corresponds to a reduct ...
that then troubled Uruguay.
Due to declining interest it shortened the length of its issues before ending publication in November 1969.
Such was the speed of integration that by the 1970s the number of people in Uruguay living in "distinctly ethnic communities" was minimal.
Culture
Clubs
Th
British Society in Uruguaywas founded in 1918 as an
umbrella organization
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to represent the interests of British expatriates and Anglo-Uruguayans. As of May 2021, it held a membership of 440. The British Society also manages a charitable fund, a beneficiary of which is a nursing home, the Sir Winston Churchill Home.
It stresses it has a broad definition of "British community" and prospective members do not necessarily need any British ancestry, only an interest in society activities.
There is a physical location for the society at the former British Cemetery custodian's house.
Freemasonry
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...
is historically associated with the British community in Uruguay and during the 1920s it was estimated that 60% of British men living in Montevideo were active masons. One of the British lodges, Silver River Lodge, remains active and meets at the William G. Best Masonic Temple.
Festivals
Since 2004,
San Jorge has held the Encuentro Británico-Oriental, an annual festival featuring a parade, horseback riding contests, music, stands selling handcrafted goods, as well as a tour to historical points of interest.
Sport
![Albion 1898byn](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Albion_1898byn.jpg)
Many sports in Uruguay were initiated by British immigrants before spreading to the wider population. British seamen introduced football to the River Plate region in the 1860s. It was reportedly being played in the streets of
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
by 1864 and soon made its way to nearby Montevideo.
In 1891,
Albion F.C. was formed as the first sports club in Uruguay based entirely on football. Rugby arrived at around the same time, but unlike football, it has remained a minority pursuit played mainly in the "wealthier Anglophile suburbs" like
Carrasco.
[Burford, 2017, p. 39]
Montevideo Cricket Club
The Montevideo Cricket Club (abbreviated "MVCC") is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo, established in 1861 by English immigrants. Its predecessor had been the now defunct "Victoria Cricket Club", founded in 1842. was founded by English immigrants in 1861 and is the oldest sports club in both Uruguay and South America.
Despite its name the club soon accommodated other sports and is now better known for rugby than the sport it was originally intended for.
Polo was a later arrival — the first game in Uruguay in which British riders are known to have participated took place in the British enclave of San Jorge in 1897.
Ana María Rodríguez, a Uruguayan historian, has described how these sporting activities reflected a desire on the part of the British to "carry a portion of their homeland with them" in order to feel more comfortable in a foreign land. These efforts even extended to
fox hunting, which British ranchers in the
Río Negro Department
Río Negro Department ( es, Departamento de Río Negro, ) is a department of the northwestern region of Uruguay. It has an area of and a population of 54,765. Its capital is Fray Bentos. It borders Paysandú Department to the north, Tacuarembó ...
repeatedly attempted using local dogs.
[Rodríguez, p. 40] The notion of social exclusivity was often part of the appeal: when
Montevideo Rowing Club started in 1872 the original club laws extended membership only to Englishmen and the sons of Englishmen.
Furthermore, as football developed into a sport with mass popularity in Uruguay, wealthier Anglo-Uruguayans began to lose interest.
Settlements
Interior
Conchillas and
Barker in the
Colonia Department
Colonia () is a department of southwestern Uruguay. Its capital is Colonia del Sacramento, the country's second oldest city.
Weather
Colonia has an annual average temperature of 20.4 °C (68.7 °F). In winter it has an average temperat ...
, and
San Jorge in the
Durazno Department
Durazno () is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Durazno. Its name means ''"peach"'' in Spanish, referring to the department's peaches and its status as an agricultural breadbasket. It is located in the centre of the country, and is bounded ...
are examples of British settlements established in the interior of Uruguay during the late 19th century. San Jorge is a good example of modernization applied to the countryside: here private property was secured with wire fencing, a flour mill was built, and afforestation was initiated to secure more space for cattle breeding.
Conchillas in particular was linked to British economic interests: it was founded by C.H. Walker & Co., which based itself there to extract sand from the dunes for construction work to expand the port of Buenos Aires — its name deriving from the large amount of shells found in the quarries along the coast. A key figure in the economic development of Conchillas was David Evans, a former ship's cook who ran a trading company.
Evans, who was known for his personal kindness, was willing to sell all his goods
on credit.
The former headquarters of his company, Casa Evans, is now a tourist attraction. Today, the evidence of the British founding of Conchillas lies in the architecture of the town, rather than the way of life of its inhabitants.
While not founded by the British,
Solís in
Maldonado Department
The Maldonado Department ( es, Departamento de Maldonado; ), with an area of and 164,300 inhabitants (2011), is located to the southeast of Uruguay. Its capital is Maldonado.
Geography and climate
Neighbouring departments are Rocha to the Eas ...
was known for its population of British rail workers. Anglo-Uruguayan descendants of these workers still reside in the village.
Montevideo
In 1898, the
Central Uruguay Railway constructed houses for its employees in the
Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...
neighbourhood, which was then a village on the outskirts of the capital. This area became the English enclave of 'Neuva Manchester' (New Manchester). The homes for manual workers are characterised by a homogenous
terraced design, while the homes built for administrative personnel are more varied and have small front gardens.
The housing complex was declared a National Heritage Site in 1975.
Institutions
There are numerous legacy institutions that serve as reminders of the British presence in Uruguay, including sports clubs, bands, places of worship, and cultural exchange groups. Those below are council institutions of The British Society in Uruguay.
Notable people
File:John Adams Architect.jpg, John Adams
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File:Top Oss 2020-21.jpg, Mateo Aramburu
File:SELECCIÓN URUGUAY (22557495689) (cropped).jpg, Sebastián Coates
Sebastián Coates Nion (; born 7 October 1990) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre back. He captains Portuguese club Sporting CP and plays for the Uruguay national team.
Having begun his career at Nacional, where he ...
File:DFB-Havers.jpg, Thomas Havers
File:Óscar Gestido y Héber Usher.png, Alberto Héber Usher
Alberto Héber Usher (May 1, 1918 – January 19, 1981) was a Uruguayan politician, who served as President of Uruguay from March 1, 1966, to March 1, 1967.
Background
Héber was born in Montevideo. His parents were Blanca Usher Conde and A ...
File:Nina Miranda.jpg, Nina Miranda
Nina Miranda is a Brazilian-born English singer and songwriter who was a member of English bands Smoke City, Shrift and Zeep.
Life and career
Miranda was born in Brasília, Distrito Federal. Her mother is the English Liz Thompson-Miranda; ...
Gallery
File:Monumento a Lord Ponsomby - Parque Batlle - Montevideo.jpg, Monument to Lord Ponsonby at Parque Batlle
Parque Batlle (), formerly Parque de los Aliados (''Allied Park''), is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) and a major public central park in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is named in honour of José Batlle y Ordóñez, President of Uruguay from 190 ...
File:Graves of sailors H.M.S. Achilles, Battle of the River Plate.jpg, Graves at The British Cemetery
File:Frigorífico Anglo 4.jpg, Fray Bentos
Fray Bentos () is the capital city of the Río Negro Department, in south-western Uruguay, at the Argentina-Uruguay border, near the Argentine city of Gualeguaychú. Its port on the Uruguay River is one of the nation's most important harbours. ...
File:El Frigorífico ANGLO en acción.jpg, Barrio Anglo
Barrio Anglo is a village in the Río Negro Department of Uruguay.
Geography
It is located just across the stream Arroyo Fray Bentos from Fray Bentos, the capital of the department, being a western ''barrio
''Barrio'' () is a Spanish word tha ...
File:Montevideo Waterworks Co. - Antigua Compañía de Aguas Corrientes.JPG, Montevideo Waterworks Company
The Montevideo Waterworks Company, Ltd. was a British company, operating in Montevideo, Uruguay. Organized in 1879, its offices were at 61 Moorgate, London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city ...
File:Teatro Victoria Hall.JPG, Victoria Hall (2013)
See also
*
British people
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs m ...
*
British diaspora
The British diaspora consists of people of British ancestry (and their descendants) who emigrated from the United Kingdom. For the purposes of this article, the people of British Overseas Territories are not included as ''British people'' thoug ...
*
Uruguayans in the United Kingdom
*
United Kingdom-Uruguay relations
Notes
References
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