White Kittitians and Nevisians are people of

Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis (), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country and microstate consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain ...

of European descent. Approximately 2.2% of the population of Saint Kitts and Nevis is 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

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and Scottish prisoners exiled to the islands during the rule of

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. By 1805, 1,500 whites lived on the island of

Saint Kitts Saint Kitts, officially the Saint Christopher Island, is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Kitts and the neighbouring island of Nevis cons ...

and 1,300 lived on

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Notable people

* William Skinner (1700–1780),

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* Rawlins Lowndes (1721–1800), Governor of South Carolina *

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(1727–1795), signatory of the Articles of Confederation *

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(1742–1812), General of the

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* Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804),

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* Frances Nelson (1758–1831), wife of Admiral Horatio Nelson * Thomas Cottle (1761–1828), lawyer and planter *

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(1761–1828), political reformer * Alfred Stephen (1802–1894),

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* William Henry Smith (1826–1890), Member of the

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(1851–1918), Attorney General of Fiji * James Alfred Dunn Podd (1855–1886), Baptist preacher *

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(1944–2017), marine expert *

George Astaphan George Mario "Jamie" Sahely Chehin Astaphan, M.D., B.Sc. (May 22, 1946 – August 18, 2006) was a physician who became infamous for giving steroids to the sprinter Ben Johnson. Dr. Astaphan was born on the island of St. Kitts in the West Indies. ...

(1946–2006), physician * Cloey Uddenberg (born 2002), footballer *

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, entrepreneur, born in

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References

{{reflist Ethnic groups in Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis people of European descent

History

Notable people

See also

References