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Hungarian migration to the United Kingdom |
| Britons with Hungarian ancestry |
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| Notable Hungarian Britons (left to right): Rachel Weisz, Michael Polanyi, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Emeric Pressburger, Georgia Slowe, Georg Solti |
| Total population |
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Est. over 70,000 |
| Regions with significant populations |
| London and Southeastern United Kingdom |
| Languages |
| English, Hungarian |
| Religion |
| Christianity (Roman Catholic & Protestantism), Judaism. |
Hungarian migration to the United Kingdom has been occurring since the early modern era. Today, a substantial number of British people were born in Hungary or have Hungarian ancestry.
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The first Hungarian student known by name to have matriculated at Oxford was one Nicolaus de Ungeria, and it is likely that he spent some time in London. Scores of Hungarian students came to study at English and Scottish universities, but the first to settle in London for good was János Bánffyhunyadi (1576-1646) in 1608. He dabbled in alchemy and became a lecturer in chemistry at Gresham College. Marrying an Englishwoman, he had a house in London which was often visited by his fellow countrymen passing through. In 1659, after a short spell in Oxford, Pál Jászberényi settled in London, where he opened a public school for the children of noblemen. He taught them Latin, using innovative techniques. One of the most resourceful scholars who made their home in the London of Pepys and Wren was János Mezolaki. He was teaching Latin and philosophy. He died as a patient of Bedlam, in 1693.1
Many Hungarians (as with other displaced persons from Eastern Europe) came to Britain during and after World War II. Also, up to 200,000 Hungarians left after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and settled across the Western world. This included refugees to the UK 2 such as the actor, Sandor Eles.
Since Hungary joined the European Union in 2004, the UK's Hungarian population has began to grow significantly. Hungarians have been arriving in the UK to work not only in the service industries and as au pairs, but also as doctors or employees of large financial institutions.
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