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ScotClans | Scottish Clans » Watson http://109.74.200.198 Fri, 20 Jan 2017 08:08:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Argentina Has Highest Population of Scottish Descent Outwith English Speaking Countries http://109.74.200.198/argentina-has-highest-population-of-scottish-descent-outwith-english-speaking-countries/ http://109.74.200.198/argentina-has-highest-population-of-scottish-descent-outwith-english-speaking-countries/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:18:08 +0000 donald http://www.scotclans.com/bletherskite/?p=2646 I just found out that outside of the English speaking world, Argentina has the largest number of people of Scottish descent, which I thought was pretty interesting. The Argentine-Scot population currently stands at an estimated 100,000, and has existed, at varying levels, for over 180 years. Over the years there have been some very notable […]

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]]> I just found out that outside of the English speaking world, Argentina has the largest number of people of Scottish descent, which I thought was pretty interesting. The Argentine-Scot population currently stands at an estimated 100,000, and has existed, at varying levels, for over 180 years.

flag-pins-argentina-scotland-300x240Over the years there have been some very notable Scottish-Argentinians. These include

  • Cecilia Grierson -  Cecilia was the first Argentine woman to earn a Doctor in Medicine degree, and had Scottish ancestry.
  • Alexander Watson Hutton – a Glasgow schoolteacher, Hutton emigrated to Argentina in his late twenties. He taught for a few years in Buenos Aries, before going on to found the Argentine Association Football League, now known as the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino, in 1893. It was the first football league outwith the the UK. He is known as the ‘father of Argentinian football’.
  • Duncan Antonio Stewart Agell – Born in Buenos Aries in 1833 to a Scottish father and Uruguayan mother, Duncan Stewart was for a very brief time the President of Uruguay.

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]]> http://109.74.200.198/argentina-has-highest-population-of-scottish-descent-outwith-english-speaking-countries/feed/ 3 New Clan Pages Added to ScotClans.Com http://109.74.200.198/103/ http://109.74.200.198/103/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:00:00 +0000 rodger moffet http://www.scotclans.com/bletherskite/?p=103 The long awaited functionality to add new clans to the site database has finally been completed so weve managed to add 9 new Clans. We are still researching the History and People pages but have posted up the crests and tartans for each new clan as well as filling up the clan shops – here […]

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]]> The long awaited functionality to add new clans to the site database has finally been completed so weve managed to add 9 new Clans. We are still researching the History and People pages but have posted up the crests and tartans for each new clan as well as filling up the clan shops – here is the list of new clans:

Broun (Brown)

Broun (Brown)

Cockburn

Cockburn

Dalziel

Dalziel

Melville

Melville

Middleton

Middleton

Watson

Watson

Weir

Weir

Young

Young

MacLellan

MacLellan

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