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Grenadians in the United Kingdom
Total population
	9,783 Grenadian-born (2001) *; Over 0.01% of the UK's population; 30,000 (Grenadian ancestry, 2010)
Regions with significant populations
	London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Leicester
Languages
	English (British English, Grenadian Creole); French Patois
Religion
	Roman Catholicism; Protestantism
Related ethnic groups
	Afro-Grenadians; Indo-Grenadians; British African-Caribbean people; Black British · Black African; Mulatto · Indo-Caribbeans; Amerindian
	* In 2001 only 40.4% of Afro-Caribbeans in the UK were actually born in the Caribbean, 59.6% were born elsewhere (of which 57.9% of the total ethnic groups population was born in the UK)

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Grenadians in the United Kingdom are citizens or residents of the United Kingdom whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in Grenada. 9,783 Grenadian-born people were recorded by the 2001 UK Census.^[1]

Migration from Grenada to the UK

Migration has included that of the Windrush Generation; many of the Grenadians who left home as part of this movement settled in Yorkshire.^[4]^[5]

People

The following is an incomplete list of notable UK residents of Grenadian heritage:

Hamza Choudhury, footballer.
Joan Anim-Addo, academic, writer and publisher.
James Baillie, slave owner and merchant.
Allister Bain, actor and playwright.
Jean Buffong, writer.
Craig David, singer-songwriter.
Daniel Dubois, heavyweight boxer.
Jourdan Dunn, model also of Afro-Jamaican and Syrian descent.
Rhodan Gordon, community activist.
Lewis Hamilton, racecar driver.
George Harris, actor.
Reece James, footballer.^[6]
Lauren James, footballer.^[6]
Roger Michael, impresario in London.^[7]
Sam Morris, activist.
PW, rapper.
Tyler Roberts, footballer.
Arthur Wharton, first mixed professional footballer in the UK.
Verna Wilkins, publisher and author.

References

^ ^a ^b "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
^ "PM Thomas makes direct appeals to overseas nationals to invest at home". GIS. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
^ National Statistics 2006 Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Yorkshire's Windrush generation to share their stories in new film". Yorkshire Post. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
^ Hirst, Andrew (10 May 2017). "Go explore Huddersfield's 70-year-old Caribbean heritage in just two hours". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b Olow, Fadumo (25 March 2021). "Meet Lauren and Reece James: 'How many siblings play elite football? We're living a dream'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "London's 1000 most influential people 2010: Night Owls". London Evening Standard. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2014.

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[OECD-1] "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2008.

[Government_of_Grenada-2] "PM Thomas makes direct appeals to overseas nationals to invest at home". GIS. Retrieved 5 August 2010.

[3] National Statistics 2006 Archived 2010-07-03 at the Wayback Machine

[YP-4] "Yorkshire's Windrush generation to share their stories in new film". Yorkshire Post. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

[YL-5] Hirst, Andrew (10 May 2017). "Go explore Huddersfield's 70-year-old Caribbean heritage in just two hours". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 7 May 2022.

[Olow-6] Olow, Fadumo (25 March 2021). "Meet Lauren and Reece James: 'How many siblings play elite football? We're living a dream'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[mbpstandard-7] "London's 1000 most influential people 2010: Night Owls". London Evening Standard. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2014.

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+{{Short description|UK citizens with either full or partial ethnic origins in Granada}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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 |group      = Grenadians in the United Kingdom
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-|population = '''9,783''' Grenadian-born (2001)<ref name=OECD>{{cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls |title=Country-of-birth database |publisher=[[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] |accessdate=2008-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617032129/http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls |archivedate=2009-06-17 }}</ref> [[#*|*]]<br><small>Over 0.01% of the UK's population</small><br/> '''30,000''' (Grenadian ancestry, 2010)<ref name="Government of Grenada">{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.gd/egov/news/2010/aug10/05_08_10/item_1/pm_thomas_diaspora_invest.html |title=PM Thomas makes direct appeals to overseas nationals to invest at home |publisher=GIS |accessdate=2010-08-05}}</ref>
+|population = '''9,783''' Grenadian-born (2001)<ref name=OECD>{{cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls |title=Country-of-birth database |publisher=[[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] |accessdate=2008-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617032129/http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls |archivedate=2009-06-17 }}</ref> [[#*|*]]<br /><small>Over 0.01% of the UK's population</small><br /> '''30,000''' (Grenadian ancestry, 2010)<ref name="Government of Grenada">{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.gd/egov/news/2010/aug10/05_08_10/item_1/pm_thomas_diaspora_invest.html |title=PM Thomas makes direct appeals to overseas nationals to invest at home |publisher=GIS |accessdate=2010-08-05}}</ref>
 |popplace   = [[London]], [[Birmingham]], [[Leeds]], [[Manchester]], [[Leicester]]
-|languages  = [[English language|English]] ([[British English]], [[Grenadian Creole English|Grenadian Creole]])<br/> [[Patois|French Patois]]
+|languages  = [[English language|English]] ([[British English]], [[Grenadian Creole English|Grenadian Creole]])<br /> [[Patois|French Patois]]
-|religions  = [[Roman Catholicism]]<br/> [[Protestantism]]
+|religions  = [[Roman Catholicism]]<br /> [[Protestantism]]
-|related    = [[Black Grenadian]]<br/> [[Indo-Grenadians]]<br/>[[British African-Caribbean community]]<br/> [[British African-Caribbean community|Caribbean British]]{{·}} [[Black British]]{{·}} [[Black African]]<br/> [[Mulatto]]{{·}} [[Indo-Caribbean]]<br/> [[Amerindian]]
+|related    = [[Afro-Grenadians]]<br /> [[Indo-Grenadians]]<br />[[British African-Caribbean people]]<br />[[Black British people|Black British]]{{·}} [[Black African]]<br /> [[Mulatto]]{{·}} [[Indo-Caribbeans]]<br /> [[Amerindian]]
 |footnotes=
-<small id="*">* Please note that in 2001 only 40.4% of Afro-Caribbeans in the UK were actually born in the Caribbean, 59.6% were born elsewhere (of which 57.9% of the total ethnic groups population was born in the UK)<ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/foer2006/FoER_Main.pdf National Statistics 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703020930/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/foer2006/FoER_Main.pdf |date=2010-07-03 }}</ref></small>
+<small id="*">* In 2001 only 40.4% of Afro-Caribbeans in the UK were actually born in the Caribbean, 59.6% were born elsewhere (of which 57.9% of the total ethnic groups population was born in the UK)<ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/foer2006/FoER_Main.pdf National Statistics 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703020930/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/foer2006/FoER_Main.pdf |date=2010-07-03 }}</ref></small>
 }}
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-|<center>'''Grenadian Britons'''</center>
+|{{center|'''Grenadian Britons'''}}
 |-
 | colspan="2"|[[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|right|100px]][[Image:Flag of Grenada.svg|right|100px]]
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 '''Grenadians in the United Kingdom''' are citizens or residents of the [[United Kingdom]] whose ethnic origins lie fully or partially in [[Grenada]]. 9,783 Grenadian-born people were recorded by the [[2001 UK Census]].<ref name=OECD/>
+==Migration from Grenada to the UK==
-==Notable people==
+Migration has included that of the [[Windrush Generation]]; many of the Grenadians who left home as part of this movement settled in [[Yorkshire]].<ref name="YP">{{cite news |title=Yorkshire's Windrush generation to share their stories in new film |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/yorkshires-windrush-generation-share-their-stories-new-film-1758477 |access-date=7 May 2022 |work=Yorkshire Post |date=12 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="YL">{{cite news |last1=Hirst |first1=Andrew |title=Go explore Huddersfield's 70-year-old Caribbean heritage in just two hours |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/whats-on/go-explore-huddersfields-70-year-13014111 |access-date=7 May 2022 |work=Yorkshire Live |date=10 May 2017}}</ref>
+==People==
+{{More citations needed section|date=June 2021}}
+<!-- Only add people who have Wikipedia articles. -->
 {{See also|Category:English people of Grenadian descent}}
 The following is an incomplete list of notable UK residents of Grenadian heritage:
+*[[Hamza Choudhury]], footballer.
+*[[Joan Anim-Addo]], academic, writer and publisher.
+*[[James Baillie (merchant)|James Baillie]], slave owner and merchant.
+*[[Allister Bain]], actor and playwright.
+*[[Jean Buffong]], writer.
+*[[Craig David]], singer-songwriter.
 *[[Daniel Dubois (boxer)|Daniel Dubois]], heavyweight boxer.
 *[[Jourdan Dunn]], model also of [[Afro-Jamaican]] and [[Syrian people|Syrian]] descent.
+*[[Rhodan Gordon]], community activist.
 *[[Lewis Hamilton]], racecar driver.
-*[[PW (rapper)|PW]], rapper.
+*[[George Harris (actor)|George Harris]], actor.
+*[[Reece James (footballer, born 1999)|Reece James]], footballer.<ref name="Olow">{{Cite news|last=Olow|first=Fadumo|date=2021-03-25|title=Meet Lauren and Reece James: 'How many siblings play elite football? We're living a dream'|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/womens-sport/2021/03/25/many-siblings-play-elite-football-living-dream-say-lauren-reece/|access-date=2022-01-24|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
-*[[James Baillie (c. 1737–1793)|James Baillie]], slave owner and merchant.
+*[[Lauren James]], footballer.<ref name="Olow"/>
 *[[Roger Michael]], impresario in London.<ref name="mbpstandard">
 {{cite news
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 | url         =https://www.standard.co.uk/standard-home/londons-1000-most-influential-people-2010-night-owls-6536459.html
 | newspaper   =[[London Evening Standard]]
-| date        =November 15, 2010
+| date        =15 November 2010
-| accessdate  = 2014-05-09
+| accessdate  = 9 May 2014}}</ref>
+*[[Sam Morris (activist)|Sam Morris]], activist.
-}}</ref>
-*[[Craig David]], singer-songwriter.
+*[[PW (rapper)|PW]], rapper.
-*[[Arthur Wharton]], first black professional footballer in the UK.
 *[[Tyler Roberts]], footballer.
+*[[Arthur Wharton]], first mixed professional footballer in the UK.
+*[[Verna Wilkins]], publisher and author.
 == See also ==
-* [[Black British]]
+* [[Black British people]]
+* [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)]]
-* [[British Mixed]]
-* [[British Indo-Caribbean community]]
+* [[British Indo-Caribbean people]]
-* [[British African-Caribbean community]]
+* [[British African-Caribbean people]]
 * [[Demographics of Grenada]]
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 [[Category:British people of Grenadian descent| ]]
-[[Category:Black British people|*Grenadian]]
+[[Category:Caribbean diaspora in the United Kingdom]]
-[[Category:Caribbean British]]
-[[Category:Diasporas in the United Kingdom]]
 [[Category:Grenadian diaspora]]

v t e Grenadians abroad and their descendants
Americas	Trinidad and Tobago United States of America
Europe	United Kingdom

v t e Diasporas from the Americas in the United Kingdom
North America	American Canadian Mexican
Caribbean	African-Caribbean Indo-Caribbean Antiguan and Barbudan Barbadian Grenadian Jamaican Montserratian¹ Trinidadian and Tobagonian
Latin America	Bolivian Brazilian Chilean Colombian Ecuadorian Guyanese Peruvian
1. Montserrat is a British overseas territory and not an independent state

Grenadian Britons