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{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = English-Chileans<br><small>''Anglo-chilenos''</small><br />
| population = 1,000,000<br />
| popplace = [[Antofagasta]], [[Valparaíso]], [[Viña del Mar]], [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Punta Arenas]]<br />
| langs = [[Chilean Spanish]]. Minority speak [[English language|English]] as a first language.<!--The large majority of English Chileans speak Spanish (and not English) as a first language. Their descendants who are well established and assimilated into the iberian descended Chilean culture and society speak Spanish as a first language. Only a minority of English Chileans, particularly the more recent immigrants, speak English as a first language. However many of them, more than the Chilean national average, speak English as second language to varying degrees of fluency.--><br />
| rels = [[Roman Catholicism]]{{·}}[[Protestantism]] ([[Anglicanism]], [[Methodism]])<br />
| related = [[English people]], [[Chileans]], [[English Argentines]], [[English Brazilians]], English Mexicans, [[English people in Paraguay|English Paraguayans]]<br />
}}<br />
{{English people}}<br />
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'''English Chileans''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Anglochilenos'') are citizens of [[Chile]] who are descended from [[English people|English]] emigrants. <br />
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Since the [[Port of Valparaiso|Port of Valparaíso]] opened its coasts to free trade in 1811, the English began to congregate in [[Valparaíso]]. The first to arrive brought with them tools, articles of china, wool and cotton, with instructions to return with copper and hemp. This was the first exchange of what would become a deep-rooted commercial relationship between the UK and [[Chile]].{{cn|date=March 2024}}<br />
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In [[Valparaíso]] they constructed their largest and most important colony, bringing with them neighborhoods of English character, schools, social, [[sports clubs]], [[business organizations]] and [[periodicals]]. This influence is apparent in unique areas of Chilean society today, such as the bank and the national marina, as well as in certain social activities popular in the country, such as [[Association football|football]], horse racing, and drinking [[tea]].{{cn|date=March 2023}}<br />
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The English eventually numbered more than 32,000 during the port of Valparaíso's boom period during the [[Sodium nitrate|saltpeter]] bonanza at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.galeon.com/typepad/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822074242/http://www.galeon.com/typepad/|title=Inmigración británica en Valparaíso.|archivedate=August 22, 2009}}</ref> <br />
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The English colony was also important in the northern zone of the country during the saltpeter boom, in the ports of [[Iquique]] and [[Pisagua, Chile|Pisagua]]. The ''King of Saltpeter'', [[John Thomas North]], was the principal backer of nitrate mining. The English legacy was reflected in the streets of the historic district of the city of [[Iquique]], with the foundation of various institutions, such as the Club Hípico (Racing Club). Nevertheless, said presence came to an end with the saltpeter crisis during the 1930s.{{cn|date=March 2023}}<br />
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An important contingent of English immigrants also settled in the present-day region of [[Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region|Magallanes]]. In the same way, they established English families in other areas of the country, such as [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]], [[Coquimbo]], the [[Araucanía Region|Araucanía]], and [[Chiloé]].{{cn|date=March 2023}}<br />
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==Notable people==<br />
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* [[John Williams Wilson]]<br />
* [[Robert Winthrop Simpson]]<br />
* [[Ignacio Walker]]<br />
* [[Patricio Aylwin]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fraserandfraser.co.uk/chilean-presidents-welsh-links-undone-by-genealogy/|title=Chilean president’s Welsh links undone by genealogy}}</ref> former [[President of Chile]]<br />
* [[Francisco Hudson]]<br />
* [[Juan Pablo Bennett]]<br />
* [[Julio Canessa|Julio Canessa Roberts]]<br />
* [[Joaquín Edwards Bello]]<br />
* [[Agustín Edwards Mac Clure]]<br />
* [[Jorge Edwards]]<br />
* [[Alejandro Foxley]]<br />
* [[Dominique Gallego|Dominique Gallego Williams]] <br />
* [[Laurence Golborne]]<br />
* [[Marmaduke Grove]]<br />
* [[Luis Eduardo Hicks]]<br />
* [[Stewart Iglehart]]<br />
* [[Gustavo Leigh]]<br />
* [[Bernardo Leighton]]<br />
* [[Yoya Martínez|Ofelia Martner]]<br />
* [[Ana Reeves]]<br />
* [[Felipe Seymour]]<br />
* [[Robert Winthrop Simpson]]<br />
* [[Robert Souper|Robert Souper Howard]]<br />
* [[Roberto Souper]]<br />
* [[María Elena Swett]]<br />
* [[Sussan Taunton|Sussan Taunton Thomas]]<br />
* [[Willy Topp]]<br />
* [[Carlos Villanueva (Chilean footballer)|Carlos Villanueva Roland]]<br />
* [[Juan Williams Rebolledo|Juan Williams]]<br />
* [[Alexander Witt|Alexander Bryan Witt]]<br />
* [[Ben Brereton Díaz]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|England|Chile}}<br />
*[[British Chilean]]<br />
*[[English diaspora]]<br />
*[[Chileans in the United Kingdom|Chilean Britons]]<br />
*[[Chile–United Kingdom relations]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{British diaspora}}<br />
{{Ethnic groups in Chile}}<br />
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[[Category:European diaspora in Chile]]<br />
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