Welsh Chilean
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Total population | |
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80.000+[citation needed] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Chile | |
Languages | |
Spanish. Minority speaks Welsh as first language. | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism, Protestantism (Methodism, Presbyterianism, Episcopalianism et al.) | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Welsh people |
Welsh Chileans are Chileans of Welsh descent whose family roots came from Wales. The Welsh did not settle in Chile. Generally, they were identified with the other British groups in Chile. About 30,000 residents of Chile have Welsh surnames.[citation needed]
Notable Welsh Chileans
- George Edwards Brown (1780–1848), British doctor and businessman, founder of the family in Chile
- Agustín Edwards Ossandón (1815–1878), businessman
- Agustín Edwards Ross (1852–1897), businessman and politician, purchased the Valparaíso, Chile edition of El Mercurio newspaper in 1880
- Agustín Edwards Mac Clure (1878–1941), businessman, diplomat and politician, President of the League of Nations and founder of the Santiago edition of El Mercurio newspaper
- Raul Edwards Mac Clure (?–1927), businessman and politician
- Joaquín Edwards Bello (1887–1968), writer and journalist
- María Edwards Mac Clure (1893–1972), Righteous Among the Nations
- Agustín Edwards Budge (1899–?), businessman
- Agustín Edwards Eastman (1928–2017), businessman
- Jorge Edwards Valdés (1931–2023) novelist, winner of the 1999 Cervantes Prize
- Cristian Edwards del Río, businessman and kidnapping victim
- Catalina Edwards, journalist, news presenter
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