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'{{Short description|Argentines of Scottish descent}} {{Infobox ethnic group | group = Scottish Argentines | native_name = <small>''{{hlist|Escocés-argentinos | Albannach Argentinianach}}''</small> | image = File:Dia del Inmigrante Buenos Aires 2010 - Escocia 02.jpg | caption = The Buenos Aires Scottish Guard, a group of Scottish Argentines on Día del Inmigrante, a national day in Argentina. | pop = '''100,000'''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/stories-of-homecoming-we-re-on-the-march-with-argentina-s-scots-1-1151624 |title=Stories of Homecoming - We're on the march with Argentina's Scots |first=Jim |last=Gilchrist |newspaper=[[The Scotsman]] |date=14 December 2008 |access-date=28 December 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222110135/http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/stories-of-homecoming-we-re-on-the-march-with-argentina-s-scots-1-1151624 | archive-date=2015-12-22}}</ref> | popplace = [[Argentina]] | langs = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. Minority speaks [[English language|English]], [[Scottish Gaelic]], [[Scots language|Lowland Scots]] as first language. | rels = [[Christianity]]<br />[[Catholicism|Roman Catholicism]], [[Protestantism]] ([[Presbyterianism]], [[Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America|Episcopalianism]]) | related = [[Scottish people]], [[Scottish Americans]], [[Scottish Canadians]], [[Scottish Uruguayans]] }} '''Scottish Argentines''' are [[Argentine people|Argentine citizens]] of [[Scottish people|Scottish]] descent or [[Scotland|Scottish]]-born people who reside in [[Argentina]]. A Scottish Argentine population has existed since at least 1825.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clan-macrae.org.uk/scotland/clannews.cfm?Task=display&ID=65|title=Clan Macrae news|website=www.clan-macrae.org.uk|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref> Frequently, Scottish Argentines are wrongly referred to as English.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/~futbolafa/historia.htm|title=Futbol AFA|first=Héctor Darío|last=Pelayes|website=members.tripod.com|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref> Scottish Argentines celebrate [[Culture of Scotland|Scottish culture]] and hold parades for Scottish celebrations, like [[Burns night|Burns Night]]. ==History== [[File:Inmigrantes británicos en Argentina (1914).svg|thumb|Percentage of people registered as British in the 1914 Argentine census. Within this group are Scottish, Irish, English and Welsh.]] The first Argentine woman to earn a Doctor of Medicine degree was [[Cecilia Grierson]], of Scottish ancestry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rampantscotland.com/features/tartanday.htm#argentina|title=Tartan Day Events|website=www.rampantscotland.com|access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref> Two schools in Argentina have been founded by Scottish immigrants: [[St. Andrew's Scots School]] in 1838 and Balmoral College in 1959. In addition, the association football club [[Club Atlético Douglas Haig]] is named after the Scottish military commander [[Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig]]. Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron had Scottish ancestry on his father's side. His great-grandmother, Ann Hughes Mc Kenzie, traced her roots to Scotland.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}} ===Introduction of football=== The so-called "father of Argentine football" was a Scottish schoolteacher, [[Alexander Watson Hutton]], who first taught football at [[St. Andrew's Scots School]] in Buenos Aires in the early 1880s. On 4 February 1884<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alumni.html "''Alumni Athletic Club''"] - [[Rec.sport.soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]. URL accessed on June 6, 2006.</ref> he founded the [[Buenos Aires English High School]] [''sic''] where he continued to instruct the pupils in the game.<ref>[http://www.baehs.com.ar "''Buenos Aires English High School''"] URL accessed on June 6, 2006.</ref> In 1891 Hutton established the Association Argentine Football League,<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arg1891.html "''Argentina 1891''"] - [[Rec.sport.soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]. URL accessed on June 6, 2006.</ref> the first football league outside of the British Isles.<ref>[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1786986,00.html Observer Sport Monthly (June 4 2006) - "Salvation army "] URL accessed on June 10, 2006.</ref> Five clubs competed but only one season was ever played. His son [[Arnold Watson Hutton]] (1886–1951) was an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[Association football|football]] striker for the [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]]. He also played [[cricket]], [[tennis]] and [[waterpolo]] for Argentina.{{cn|date=April 2024}} ==Notable Scottish Argentines== [[File:Alexis Mac Allister 2022.jpg|thumb|upright|Alexis Mac Allister is a notable Argentine football player with Scottish and Irish ancestry. In a previous interview, he confirmed some of his ancestors arrived in Argentina from Ireland and stated that he is aware of links to Scotland. His ancestors can be traced to [[Donabate]], in [[County Dublin]], Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.balls.ie/football/alexis-mac-allister-irish-argentina-535133|title=Alexis Mac Allister Can Trace His Irish Ancestry To A Cottage In Donabate|first=Eoin|last=Harrington|date=8 June 2023|website=Balls.ie}}</ref> He can also trace ancestry to [[Fife]] in Eastern Scotland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who is Alexis Mac Allister? Argentina midfielder with Irish roots on verge of World Cup final |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/news/alexis-mac-allister-argentina-irish-world-cup/ajfsq20gk7nlmjd8ioh320e8 |access-date=14 December 2022 |website=SportingNews.com}}</ref>]] * [[Alejandro Anderson]], actor * [[Andrew Graham-Yooll]], author * [[John Joseph Jolly Kyle]], chemist, for whom the [[:es:Premio "Dr. Juan J. J. Kyle"|Premio "Dr. Juan J. J. Kyle"]] is named. * [[Carlos Mac Allister]], association football player, politician * [[Alexis Mac Allister]], association football player * [[Duncan Stewart (Uruguayan politician)|Duncan Stewart]], Buenos Aires-born [[President of Uruguay]] * [[Eduardo Mac Entyre]], artist * [[Franco Niell]], association football player * [[Jorge Brown]], association football player * [[José Luis Brown]], association football player * [[Luca Prodan]], musician * [[Roberto M. Levingston]], General and ''de facto'' [[President of Argentina]] * [[Walter Owen]], translator * [[Miguel Rolando Covian]], Argentine physiologist, born in Rufino, Santa Fe province, medical educator and writer, translator * [[Anya Taylor-Joy]], actress * [[Enrique Ernesto Shaw]]. Argentine businessman ==See also== {{Portal|Argentina|Scotland}} * [[Argentines of European descent]] * [[St. Andrew's Scots School]] * [[University of San Andrés]] * [[English Argentine]] *[[Y Wladfa]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{British diaspora}} {{European Argentine}} {{Immigration to Argentina}} [[Category:Scottish diaspora in Argentina|*]] [[Category:Argentine people of Scottish descent|*]]'