Hispanic-Anglosphere

Online event: “The Irish Diaspora and the ‘Conquest of the Desert’ (1878-1885) in Argentina” Book your place for this inaugural talk: 18 March 2026 at 16:30 UK time (17:30 Spain; 13:30 Argentina) when Dr Niall Whelehan, head of History at the University of Strathclyde (Scotland) will be giving his inaugural lecture as member of the Hispanic-Anglosphere network with his latest research on Irish migration to Argentina. The event will be online and is being co-organized with the Modern History Research Centre (

Online event: “The Irish Diaspora and the ‘Conquest of the Desert’ (1878-1885) in Argentina”

Book your place for this inaugural talk: 18 March 2026 at 16:30 UK time (17:30 Spain; 13:30 Argentina) when Dr Niall Whelehan, head of History at the University of Strathclyde (Scotland) will be giving…

Post Image

Blue Plaque hails Scottish diaspora & Argentine WW heroes

A blue plaque with a QR code that links to a webpage with heritage information has been placed at the “Cementerio Parque Bosques de Santa…

http://hispanic-anglosphere.com/2025/08/07/blue-plaque-hails-scottish-diaspora-argentine-ww-heroes/

Read more on our online exhibition!
🔗 hispanic-anglosphere.com/public-histo...

View of Thomas Conroy’s residence in Callao, as it stood in 2012. Photograph kindly provided by Juan Manuel Dávila Herrera, founder of the blog “Callao Centro Histórico”

Fragment of an early 20th-century postcard from Callao, showing the building at the end of the street. Source: [http://www.callaocentrohistorico.com/2012/06/]

This building was once the grand office & home of Conroy, who helped shape Peru’s trade networks. Built in 1855, it stood at the heart of Callao’s port life, though now a fading monument to a global past.
#HeritageAtRisk #Peru #GlobalHistory

(Photo source: www.callaocentrohistorico.com/2012/06/)

Conroy, Thomas (c.1806–1885) Author: José Shane Brownrigg-Gleeson Martínez DOI: Irish merchant in Callao, Peru, not much is known about Conroy’s early years: born in Wexford in 1806 or 1807 to a father originally from Rathdown…

#DidYouKnow? Irishman Thomas Conroy settled in Peru by 1827, married into a local family, and built a mercantile empire in copper and guano. He even helped establish horse racing at Bellavista, near Callao! 🏇
🔗 hispanic-anglosphere.com/individuals/...
#IrishDiaspora #Peru #HiddenHistories #History

Collingwood, Cuthbert, Baron Collingwood (1748-1810) Author: Agustín Guimerá-Ravina DOI: This distinguished naval officer was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He had a long career in the British Royal Navy which he joined in 1761, being twelve y…

#DYK Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, hero of Trafalgar, played a key role in Britain’s alliance with Spain during the #PeninsularWar? He supported the Patriots and organised aid, believing “the fate of Europe” lay in Spain.

🔗 hispanic-anglosphere.com/individuals/...

#PeninsularWar #NavalHistory

Claramunt Creus, Teresa (1862-1931) Author: Arturo Zoffmann Rodriguez DOI: Teresa Claramunt Creus, born in Sabadell in 1862 to a working-class family, was an indefatigable organiser of Catalonia’s textile workers. She was imprisoned …

Teresa Claramunt Creus was a fearless Catalan anarchist & syndicalist, forged in the looms of Sabadell & the exile circles of London and Paris. Her voice echoed from Barcelona to Britain.
📖 Read more: hispanic-anglosphere.com/individuals/...
#WomensHistory #Anarchism #History #SpanishHistory

Carrol, William (Guillermo) Parker (1776-1842) DOI: British envoy and subsequently volunteer in the Spanish army during the Peninsular War (1808-1814), Don Guillermo Parker Carrol, at times simply known in Spain as Guillermo Carrol was born in …

A key figure between Spanish resistance & British allies, meet William Parker Carrol. Captured in Buenos Aires, he fought for Spain in the Peninsular War and rose to mariscal de campo.
Read his story:
🔗 hispanic-anglosphere.com/individuals/...
#HispanicAnglosphere #PeninsularWar #MilitaryHistory

Caldcleugh, Alexander (1795-1858) Author: Manuel Llorca-Jaña DOI: Merchant, miner, botanist and mineralogist, was born in London, the only son of the four children born to Alexander Caldcleugh and Elizabeth Beatson. Very little is …

Curious about the British traveller who crossed the Andes, advised Darwin, and minted Chilean coins?
Find out about Alexander Caldcleugh, merchant, miner, botanist, and one of the earliest British chroniclers of South America:
🔗 hispanic-anglosphere.com/individuals/...

#HispanicAnglosphere #History

Caldcleugh, Alexander (1795-1858) Author: Manuel Llorca-Jaña DOI: Merchant, miner, botanist and mineralogist, was born in London, the only son of the four children born to Alexander Caldcleugh and Elizabeth Beatson. Very little is …

#DidYouKnow Charles Darwin crossed the Andes in 1835 with help from British botanist and businessman Alexander Caldcleugh? ⛵
Caldcleugh even hosted Darwin at his Panulcillo mine during the famous Beagle voyage!

Read more 👇
🔗 hispanic-anglosphere.com/individuals/...

#Darwin #HispanicAnglosphere

Bollaert, William (1807-1876) Author: Lesley Kinsley DOI: Traveller, writer, chemist, scholar and adventurer who carried out mineral surveys in Peru and Chile in the 1820s and 1850s and pursued a number of military activities f…

Want to know how a British chemist ended up surveying Peru, fighting in Portugal, and writing about Texas? ✍️🧪
Read more about William Bollaert (1807–1876) and his wide-ranging work across the Hispanic world:

🔗 hispanic-anglosphere.com/individuals/...

Arbuthnot, James (1791-1863) Author:  Graciela Iglesias-Rogers, assisted in online editing by Adam Nour El-Din Hafez DOI: Born in Edinburgh on 24th of December 1791, James Arbuthnot, known in Spain as ‘Jaime Arbuthnot y A…

🌍 From Scottish seminarian to Spanish general, James Arbuthnot’s life was anything but ordinary. Captured twice, he fought across Europe & South America before rising to mariscal de campo in Spain. Discover his journey here 👇

🔗 hispanic-anglosphere.com/individuals/...

A milestone with a young achiever

We've got 230 people listed in the section of Individuals! Let's celebrate this milestone and thank Lara Clerck (photo) who has been undertaking the laborious task of producing citeable digital object identifiers (DOIs) for each of the many completed profiles.…

Post Image

“Re-thinking 200 years of Anglo-Argentine relations” – Full programme

We're delighted to share with you the full programme of this 5-day online conference to take place from Monday 8th to…

http://hispanic-anglosphere.com/2025/05/22/re-thinking-200-years-of-anglo-argentine-relations-full-programme/

Event: “Echoes Across the Ocean: The Anglophone Press of 19th-Century Chile”, Thursday 15th May, 6 pm

If you're in London this week, don't miss this event at the Embassy of Chile in the United Kingdom to celebrate the launch of the digital archive The 19th-Century Anglophone Press of Valparaíso,…

Podcast ‘Discovering…at Hampshire’

Check the latest podcast of The Hampshire Archives Trust wholly dedicated to 'Discovering the Hispanic-Anglosphere'. It's free and last only 10 minutes or so. Here is the link:

New: Richard Trevithick (1771-1833)

Discover the man who arguably brought the industrial revolution to the Hispanic New World with the first steam engine at silver mines in Peru. The new addition to the biographies in the Individuals  section, Richard Trevithick (1771-1833), was authored by Joel…

CFP: Re-thinking 200 years of Anglo-Argentine relations (8-12 September 2025) On 2 February 1825, through the signing of a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation with the United Provinces of the River Plate (present-day Argentina), the United Kingdom officially recogn…

CFP: Re-thinking 200 years of Anglo-Argentine relations (8-12 September 2025): hispanic-anglosphere.com/2024/11/20/c...