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British people



See also: New Zealand European

A significant number of New Zealanders are of British ancestry.[85] As late as the 1950s, it was common for British New Zealanders to refer to themselves as simply British, such as when Prime Minister Keith Holyoake described Sir Edmund Hillary's successful ascent of Mt. Everest as "[putting] the British race and New Zealand on top of the world".[86] New Zealand passports described nationals as "British Subject and New Zealand Citizen" until 1974, when this was changed to "New Zealand Citizen".[87]

While "European" identity predominates political discourse in New Zealand today, the term "British" is still used by some to explain aspects of the country's overall cultural affiliation. Others see the term as better describing previous generations; for instance, journalist Colin James referred to "we ex-British New Zealanders" in a 2005 speech.[88] It remains a relatively uncontroversial descriptor of ancestry.

In an interview with the New Zealand Listener in 2006, the opposition leader of that time Don Brash made the following statement;

British immigrants fit in here very well. My own ancestry is all British. New Zealand values are British values, derived from centuries of struggle since Magna Carta. Those things make New Zealand the society it is.[89]

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Geographic distribution

Further information: British American, English Canadian, Anglo-Celtic Australian, New Zealand European, and Anglo-African

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United States

English American, Scottish American, Scots-Irish American, Welsh American
Dark red and brown colours indicate a higher density.(see also Maps of American ancestries).

Many British Americans have ancestry in America that dates back to colonial times in the 17th and 18th centuries. Those who went to New England are known as Yankees. With their roots being in America for such a long period, many British Americans have begun to think of themselves ancestrally simply as "Americans." This is especially true in the South.

British emigrant and ethnic descent communities are found across the world, and in some places, settled in significant numbers. Countries with significant numbers of people of English, Scottish, Ulster (Scots-Irish) and Welsh ancestry or ethnic origin include the United States (particularly Utah, New England, New York, California, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Southern States), Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.

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See also

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References

  1. ^ [1] Figures do not include those of Irish ancestry. Since people could nominate multiple ancestries, people who nominated English/Scottish or English/Scottish/Welsh would count multiple times. Therefore 25,230,039 million Americans reported a single British ancestry, and an additional 36,081,410 reported a British ancestry with multiple ancestries in the 1980 US Census. Unfortunately it is not possible to report this way for the 2000 census. A rough estimate, given that of those who reported an ancestry, 38% reported multiple ancestries, therefore of the 36,564,465 that reported either English, Welsh, Scottish, and Scottish-Irish, removing 38% double-counted would yield a synthesis of approx 22,669,968 (but a bad synthesis)
  2. ^ Brits Abroad (USA)[2]
  3. ^ Canada 2006 Census([3]) Figures do not include those of Irish ancestry. Citizens could report single or multiple ancestry. 1,193,160 reported one of English, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Isle of Man, or British Isles ancestry. 10,083,630 reported multiple ancestries
  4. ^ Brits Abroad (Australia) ([4]) Australia 2006 Census. Allowed for double-counted English-Scottish as people could nominate two ancestries, therefore someone who nominated English and Scottish got counted twice. A rough synthesized calculation is that there are approx 35% of people reported double ancestry of which there were English:6,283,642, Manx:1,854, Scottish:1,501,204, Welsh:113,242 for a total of 7,899,942. Less 35% for double-counting leaves approx 5,134,962. ([5])
  5. ^ New Zealand Culture and Identity census stats. Citizens could report more than one ethnicity. As a rough guide, 44,202 selected English, and 27,189 selected British, giving a total of 71,391 ([6])
  6. ^ BBC News, 2006, "Brits Abroad: Country-by-country", 11 December 2006
  7. ^ [7]"
  8. ^ List of current overseas territories
  9. ^ BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Brits Abroad
  10. ^ Live Local Search
  11. ^ Fare of the country: A bit of Britain in Argentina
  12. ^ Live Local Search
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  27. ^ Country Profile: Denmark
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  29. ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Retrieved 9 December 2005.
  30. ^ Definition of Briton. Merriam-Webster Online
  31. ^ Todd, M. Anglo-Saxon Origins: The Reality of the Myth, p. ?; Bradshaw, B. (1998), British Consciousness and Identity: The Making of Britain, 1533-1707, Cambridge University Press, p. ?; Colley, L. (2005), Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837, Yale University Press, p. ?; Weight, R. (2003) Patriots: National Identity in Britain 1940-2000, Pan Books; Ward, P. (2004), Britishness Since 1870 Routledge, p. ?
  32. ^ Hardill, Irene, Graham, David T., Kofman, Eleonore (2001), Human Geography of the UK: An Introduction, Routledge, p. 5; see also survey and poll text below for popular opinion on the subject.
  33. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7040137.stm Can pupils learn 'Britishness'?
  34. ^ Snyder 2003, p. 12, 68
  35. ^ Patrhenius, Love Stories 2, 30 [8]
  36. ^ Cunliffe 2002, p. 95,Encyclopedia of the Celts: Pretani
  37. ^ O'Rahilly 1946
  38. ^ Snyder 2003, p. 12
  39. ^ 4.20 provides a translation describing Caesar's first invasion, using terms which from IV.XX appear in Latin as arriving "tamen in Britanniam", the inhabitants being "Britannos", and on p30 "principes Britanniae" is translated as "chiefs of Britain".
  40. ^ Cunliffe 2002, pp. 94-95 In Book 1 of his Geography Strabo uses the "B" spelling, in his other books he uses the "P" spelling: Cunliffe suggests this may have been an error by a scribe.
  41. ^ Special report: 'Myths of British ancestry' by Stephen Oppenheimer | Prospect Magazine October 2006 issue 127
  42. ^ a b McDonald, World Haplogroups Maps
  43. ^ Sykes 2006, p. 280
  44. ^ Sykes 2006, pp. 281-282
  45. ^ Sykes 2006, p. 283-284
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  48. ^ Colley, Linda; Britons; Forging the Nation, 1701-1837, Yale University Press, 1992, p. 8
  49. ^ Article by Peter Borsay - Myth, memory, and place: Monmouth and Bath 1750-1900
  50. ^ Citizenship and Belonging: What is Britishness?PDF (597 KiB) Ethos, November 2005
  51. ^ Brown speech promotes Britishness BBC News, 14 January 2006.
  52. ^ The future of Britishness Fabian Society, 14 January 2006.
  53. ^ New Britishness must resolve the English question Fabian Society, 14 January 2006
  54. ^ "Brown pinning his hopes on a new regiment", The Herald, 2006-06-27. Retrieved on 2006-10-15. 
  55. ^ National Statistics, Living in Britain 2001 (Households, Families and People: National Identity), 2001
  56. ^ a b c d Devolution, Public Attitudes and National IdentityPDF (86.2 KiB) (2006) in Devolution and Constitutional Change, ESRC list of authors
  57. ^ National Statistics, Living in Britain 2001 (Households, Families and People: National Identity), 2001
  58. ^ National Statistics, Living in Britain 2001 (Households, Families and People: National Identity), 2001
  59. ^ National Statistics, Living in Britain 2001 (Households, Families and People: National Identity), 2001
  60. ^ a b c Northern Ireland Life & Times Survey 2006
  61. ^ Constitutional Change and IdentityPDF (211 KiB), the Institute of Governance, 2006
  62. ^ a b Northern Ireland Life & Times Survey 2004
  63. ^ Gene Expression article February 2005
  64. ^ British? Irish? Or what? from Conflict and Politics in Northern Ireland (1968 to the Present) CAIN Web Service (Conflict Archive on the INternet)
  65. ^ National Statistics, Living in Britain 2001 (Households, Families and People: National Identity), 2001
  66. ^ UK: 25% of ethnic minority Scots have tried drugs, The Herald, Glasgow, 02 November 2001
  67. ^ Nicholas Canny, 2003, "Writing Early Modern History: Ireland, Britain, and the Wider World", The Historical Journal, 46, 3, Cambridge University Press, p. 738
  68. ^ Nicholas Canny, 2003, "Writing Early Modern History: Ireland, Britain, and the Wider World", The Historical Journal, 46, 3, Cambridge University Press, p. 738

    "... unionist usage [of the term British Isles] is now frequently less sensitive than previously, producing, especially in Northern Ireland, the ultimate oxymoron, the ‘British mainland’."

  69. ^ Edward Moxon-Browne, 1991, "National Identity in Northern Ireland", in Peter Stringer and Gillian Robinson (eds.), 1991, Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The First Report, Blackstaff Press: Belfast
  70. ^ Edward Moxon-Browne, 1991, "National Identity in Northern Ireland", in Peter Stringer and Gillian Robinson (eds.), 1991, Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The First Report, Blackstaff Press: Belfast
  71. ^ Krishan Kumar, 2003, The Making of English National Identity, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge
  72. ^ John Morrill, 1996, The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor and Stuart Britain, Oxford University Press: Oxford
  73. ^ Krishan Kumar, 2003, The Making of English National Identity, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge
  74. ^ Krishan Kumar, 2003, The Making of English National Identity, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge
  75. ^ Jonathan Tonge, 2006, Northern Ireland: Conflict and Change, Polity: Cambridge
  76. ^ Bernadette C. Hayes, Richard Sinnott, Tony Fahey, 2005, Conflict and Consensus: A Study of Values and Attitudes in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Institute of Public Administration: Dublin
  77. ^ Laura O'Connor, "Neighborly Hostility and Literary Creoles: The Example of Hugh MacDiarmid" in Postmodern Culture, Volume 15, Number 2, January 2005 (The Johns Hopkins University Press)
  78. ^ Nicholas Canny, 2003, "Writing Early Modern History: Ireland, Britain, and the Wider World", The Historical Journal, 46, 3, Cambridge University Press, p. 738
  79. ^ Nicholas Canny, 2003, "Writing Early Modern History: Ireland, Britain, and the Wider World", The Historical Journal, 46, 3, Cambridge University Press, p. 738

    "... unionist usage [of the term British Isles] is now frequently less sensitive than previously, producing, especially in Northern Ireland, the ultimate oxymoron, the ‘British mainland’."

  80. ^ Edward Moxon-Browne, 1991, "National Identity in Northern Ireland", in Peter Stringer and Gillian Robinson (eds.), 1991, Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The First Report, Blackstaff Press: Belfast
  81. ^ Edward Moxon-Browne, 1991, "National Identity in Northern Ireland", in Peter Stringer and Gillian Robinson (eds.), 1991, Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The First Report, Blackstaff Press: Belfast
  82. ^ Clifton, Lewis. The Falkland Islands: Self-government with an emerging national identity? News and Journal 2004, The 21st Century Trust. London, 1999. pp. 16-19.
  83. ^ http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/highlights/ethnic/pages/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=PR&Code=01&Data=Count&Table=2&StartRec=1&Sort=3&Display=All&CSDFilter=5000#Notes Canadian 2006 Census Data
  84. ^ http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/7d12b0f6763c78caca257061001cc588/5a47791aa683b719ca257306000d536c!OpenDocument Australian 2006 census
  85. ^ Te Ara: New Zealanders: New Zealand Peoples: Britons
  86. ^ Population Conference 1997, New Zealand: Panel Discussion 3c - Population Change And International Linkages, Phillip Gibson, Chief Executive, Asia 2000 Foundation
  87. ^ Carl Walrond. 'Kiwis overseas - Staying in Britain', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 13 April 2007.
  88. ^ The Pacific-ation of New Zealand. Colin James's speech to the Sydney Institute, 3 February 2005. Accessed 2007-06-05.
  89. ^ New Zealand Listener: So who do we keep out?, Bruce Ansley, September 2-8 2006
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