Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain

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central government executive authority

The Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain was the central governing authority of the unified state formed by the 1707 union of England and Scotland, overseeing national administration, finance, and policy until the creation of the United Kingdom in 1801.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
British government 26
Government of Great Britain 9
British Government 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf central government ⓘ
executive authority ⓘ
appliesLegalSystem English law ⓘ
Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ
surface form: Scots law
appliesToJurisdiction British overseas colonies ⓘ
England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
capital London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
constitutionalForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
countryGoverned Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dissolvedBy Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
endTime 1801 ⓘ
establishedBy union of the English and Scottish parliaments ⓘ
executiveBranch British ministry ⓘ
followed Government of England ⓘ
surface form: Government of the Kingdom of England

Government of the Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
formedBy Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
governmentType parliamentary system ⓘ
headOfGovernment Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of Great Britain
headOfState British monarch ⓘ
headquartersLocation Palace of Westminster ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
monarchDuringExistence George I of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: George I

George II of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: George II

George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: George III

Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Queen Anne
officeHolder Lord North ⓘ
Robert Walpole ⓘ
William Pitt the Elder ⓘ
William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
oversaw British Army ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
partOf British state apparatus ⓘ
reasonForDissolution creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
replacedBy Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
responsibleFor defence policy ⓘ
fiscal policy ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ
imperial administration ⓘ
national administration ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
significantEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American War of Independence

French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
expansion of the British Empire ⓘ
startTime 1707 ⓘ
usedCurrency Pound sterling ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HM Treasury → foundedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Thomas Gage → employer → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Sons of Liberty → opposedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Earl of Chatham → associatedWith → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain → replacedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Gordon Riots → opposedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Irish Rebellion of 1798 → opponent → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government in Ireland
Secretary of State for the Northern Department → partOf → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Postmaster General of Great Britain → partOf → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Great Britain
Henry Dundas → employer → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Sir William Ashburnham → employer → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Great Britain
Jacobite risings → opponent → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Sir Thomas Frankland → partOf → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Duke of Bedford for Great Britain → representedParty → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Arthur Phillip → employer → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Battle of Preston (1715) → belligerent → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanoverian government
Jacobite rising of 1745 → opponent → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanoverian government
David Hartley → employer → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Great Britain
Siege of Louisbourg (1745) → authorizedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government in London
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple → heldOfficeIn → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Government of England → existedBefore → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Great Britain
Government of England → mergedInto → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Great Britain
Government of England → successor → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Great Britain
Raid on Rochefort (1757) → plannedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government of William Pitt the Elder
Government of the Kingdom of Scotland → followedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Great Britain
Government of the Kingdom of Scotland → replacedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Great Britain
British South Sea Company → regulatedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
United Irishmen → suppressedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Clan Grant → supportedSideIn1745 → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Government
Cabinet of England → followedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cabinet of Great Britain
British expeditionary forces in Massachusetts → underAuthorityOf → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Edward Wortley Montagu → employer → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Battle of Falkirk Muir → belligerent → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Government
Charles Philip Yorke → genreOfActivity → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Jacobite rising of 1708 → hasOpposingSide → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Battle of Glen Shiel → opponentOf → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Hanoverian government
Lachlan Macquarie → appointedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Lord Macartney → employer → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation → negotiatedWith → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Great Britain
James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater → governmentOpposed → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanoverian government of Great Britain
Jacobite landing on Eriskay → opposedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanoverian government of Great Britain
French émigré landing at Quiberon (1795) → supportedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
James Craggs the Younger → employer → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
John Wilson Croker → employer → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
British Orders in Council of 1807 → issuedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Patrick Tonyn → employer → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
Macartney Embassy of 1793 → organizedBy → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: British government
George Germain → areaOfActivity → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
this entity surface form: British government