Scottish Argentines are Argentine citizens of Scottish descent or Scottish-born people who reside in Argentina. A Scottish Argentine population has existed since at least 1825.[2] Frequently, Scottish Argentines are wrongly referred to as English.[3] Scottish Argentines celebrate Scottish culture and hold parades for Scottish celebrations, like Burns Night.
History
Percentage of people registered as British in the 1914 Argentine census. Within this group are Scottish, Irish, English and Welsh.
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]
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[5] he founded the Buenos Aires English High School [sic] where he continued to instruct the pupils in the game.[6] In 1891 Hutton established the Association Argentine Football League,[7] the first football league outside of the British Isles.[8] Five clubs competed but only one season was ever played.
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.[9] He can also trace ancestry to Fife in Eastern Scotland.[10]
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