Anglo-Patagonians

English Patagonians (Spanish: Patagones ingleses), or Anglo-Patagonians (Spanish: Anglopatagónicos), refers to either Patagonians of English ethnic origin and heritage or to English-speaking or Anglophone Patagonians of any ethnic origin; it is used primarily in contrast with Hispanic Patagonians. Although most British settlers in Patagonia spoke English, majority of the settlers were of Welsh descent.

Patagonia is an officially quadrilingual country, with English, Welsh, Mapudungun and Spanish official language communities. Immigrant cultural groups ostensibly integrate into the first and fourth of these communities, but often retain elements of their original cultures. The term English-speaking Patagonian is sometimes used interchangeably with Spanish Patagonian (which refers to Spanish Criollos and Mestizos).

English settlers, many of which came from the Midlands, East England and the West Country, were among the first Europeans to permanently colonize what is now Chubut, Saint Crosse and Rio Negro. Their colonies of New Britain stretched across what today are the Atlantic coast of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.

Origins
The English people in the Midlands, most notably the Brummies (inhabitants of Birmingham) and Black Country people were, officially, the predominant English settler in Patagonia. However, in practice, ethnic English people in Wales were the largest group of English settlers in Patagonia since 1750; they surpassed the number in the Midlands in almost all periods.

English subgroups including the Cumbrians, Surrey people, Scousers (inhabitants of Merseyside), East Anglians, Dorsetines and West Country people all left their cultural footprints in Patagonia.