Swiss migration to the United Kingdom
- Swiss migration to the United Kingdom
Infobox Ethnic group
group = People in the United Kingdom with Swiss ancestry
caption = Notable Swiss Britons: Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis, Henry Bouquet
poptime = Est. 30-70,000
popplace = Throughout the United Kingdom
langs = English, French, German, Italian
rels = Christianity, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Lutheran.
Swiss migration to the United Kingdom has been occurring since at least the eighteenth century. Today, a significant number of British people have Swiss ancestry and there are many Swiss people in the UK.
Notable Britons with Swiss ancestry
* Henry Bouquet - British Army officer in the French and Indian War
* Alain de Botton - Writer, television producer and presenter
* Johann Hari - journalist
* Ian Fleming - author (his creation James Bond has a Swiss mother)
* Carlo Gatti - entrepreneur
* Maria Friedman - musical theatre actress
* Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis - Fellow of the Royal Society
* Urs Schwarzenbach - financier
* Indira Varma - actress
* Sophia Wintz - Philanthropist
ee also
*German migration to the United Kingdom
*French migration to the United Kingdom
*Italian Briton
External links
* [http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/swiss-restaurants.php Swiss restaurants in London]
* [http://www.newhelveticsociety.org.uk/ The New Helvetic Society]
* [http://www.swissinwales.org/ The Swiss in Wales
* [http://www.bscc.co.uk/desktopdefault.aspx/294_read-2005/ British Swiss Chamber of Commerce]
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