Swiss migration to the United Kingdom
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| People in the United Kingdom with Swiss ancestry |
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| Notable Swiss Britons: Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis, Henry Bouquet   |
| Total population |
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Est. 30-70,000 |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Throughout the United Kingdom |
| Languages |
| English, French, German, Italian |
| Religions |
| Christianity, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Lutheran. |
Swiss migration to the United Kingdom has been occurring since at least the eighteenth century. Today, a significant number of British people have Swiss ancestry and there are many Swiss people in the UK.
[edit] Notable Britons with Swiss ancestry
- Henry Bouquet - British Army officer in the French and Indian War
- Alain de Botton - Writer, television producer and presenter
- Johann Hari - journalist
- Ian Fleming - author (his creation James Bond has a Swiss mother)
- Carlo Gatti - entrepreneur
- Maria Friedman - musical theatre actress
- Jerome, 2nd Count de Salis - Fellow of the Royal Society
- Urs Schwarzenbach - financier
- Indira Varma - actress
- Sophia Wintz - Philanthropist
