Hungarian migration to the United Kingdom

Infobox Ethnic group
group = Britons with Hungarian ancestry


caption = Notable Hungarian Britons (left to right): Rachel Weisz, Michael Polanyi, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Emeric Pressburger, Georgia Slowe, Georg Solti flagicon|Hungary flagicon|UK
poptime = Est. over 70,000
popplace = London and Southeastern United Kingdom
langs = English, Hungarian
rels = Christianity (Roman Catholic & Protestantism), Judaism.

Hungarian migration to the United Kingdom has been occurring since the early modern era. Today, a substantial number of British people were born in Hungary or have Hungarian ancestry.

History

The first Hungarian student known by name to have matriculated at Oxford was one Nicolaus de Ungeria, and it is likely that he spent some time in London. Scores of Hungarian students came to study at English and Scottish universities, but the first to settle in London for good was János Bánffyhunyadi (1576-1646) in 1608. He dabbled in alchemy and became a lecturer in chemistry at Gresham College. Marrying an Englishwoman, he had a house in London which was often visited by his fellow countrymen passing through. In 1659, after a short spell in Oxford, Pál Jászberényi settled in London, where he opened a public school for the children of noblemen. He taught them Latin, using innovative techniques. One of the most resourceful scholars who made their home in the London of Pepys and Wren was János Mezolaki. He was teaching Latin and philosophy. He died as a patient of Bedlam, in 1693. [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4iehSAirzqQC&pg=PA459&lpg=PA459&dq= A study of the history of Hungarian refugee movements over the 20th century] ]

Since Hungary joined the European Union in 2004, the UK's Hungarian population has began to grow significantly. Hungarians have been arriving in the UK to work not only in the service industries and as "au pairs", but also as doctors or employees of large financial institutions.

Famous Britons with Hungarian ancestry

*Rachel Weisz (Hungarian Father), Actress
*Dennis Gabor, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor of Holography
*Michael Polanyi, Hungarian–British polymath
*Sir Alexander Korda, film director and producer
*Sir Georg Solti, orchestral and operatic conductor
*Oscar Deutsch, founder of Odeon Cinemas
*Baroness Emma "Emmuska" Orczy, novelist, playwright and artist
*Emeric Pressburger, Oscar-winning Hungarian/British screenwriter, film director, and producer.
*Miki Berenyi, singer (half Hungarian)
*Egon Ronay, food critic
*Sandor Elès, actor
*Georgia Slowe, actress (Hungarian mother)
*Henrietta Seredy, novelist, formerly known as 'Henrietta Soames'
*P.G.Konody,art critic

ee also

*Hungarian diaspora

References

Bibliography

* Zakar, Dr. Andras: "The Persecution of Jews in Hungary and the Catholic Church" [http://www.churchinhistory.org/pages/booklets/zakar(n)-1.htm]

External links

* [http://ouhs.tripod.com/ Oxford Hungarian Society]
* [http://www.hungary.org.uk/ Hungarian Cultural Centre]
* [http://www.mfa.gov.hu/kulkepviselet/uk/hu Hungarian Embassy UK]