White Kittitians and Nevisians are people of Saint Kitts and Nevis of European descent. Approximately 2.2% of the population of Saint Kitts and Nevis is European as of 2001.^{[ citation needed]}

History

The first Europeans to visit the islands were the Spanish. ^[1] A substantial portion of the white population in Saint Kitts and Nevis claims descent from Irish and Scottish prisoners exiled to the islands during the rule of Oliver Cromwell. ^[2] By 1805, 1,500 whites lived on the island of Saint Kitts and 1,300 lived on Nevis. ^[3]

Notable people

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• William Skinner (1700–1780), Chief Royal Engineer
• Rawlins Lowndes (1721–1800), Governor of South Carolina
• Daniel Roberdeau (1727–1795), signatory of the Articles of Confederation
• Thomas Mathews (1742–1812), General of the American Revolutionary War
• Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), Founding Father of the United States
• Frances Nelson (1758–1831), wife of Admiral Horatio Nelson
• Thomas Cottle (1761–1828), lawyer and planter
• Joseph Gerrald (1761–1828), political reformer
• Alfred Stephen (1802–1894), Chief Justice of New South Wales
• William Henry Smith (1826–1890), Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
• Henry Spencer Berkeley (1851–1918), Attorney General of Fiji
• James Alfred Dunn Podd (1855–1886), Baptist preacher
• Arthur Anslyn MBE (1944–2017), marine expert
• George Astaphan (1946–2006), physician
• Cloey Uddenberg (born 2002), footballer

See also

• French settlement in Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Irish immigration to Saint Kitts and Nevis

References

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