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.

Aliases (6)

British government ×11
Government of Great Britain ×3
Hanoverian government ×2
British government in Ireland ×1
British government in London ×1
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central government → executive authority →
appliesLegalSystem	English law → Scots law →
appliesToJurisdiction	British overseas colonies → England → Scotland → Wales →
capital	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 the Kingdom of England → Government of the Kingdom of Scotland →
formedBy	Acts of Union 1707 →
governmentType	parliamentary system →
headOfGovernment	Prime Minister of Great Britain →
headOfState	British monarch →
headquartersLocation	Palace of Westminster →
legislativeBody	Parliament of Great Britain →
monarchDuringExistence	George I → George II → George III → 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
responsibleFor	defence policy → fiscal policy → foreign policy → imperial administration → national administration → taxation →
significantEvent	American War of Independence → French Revolutionary Wars → Seven Years' War → expansion of the British Empire →
startTime	1707 →
usedCurrency	Pound sterling →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arthur Phillip ("British government") → David Hartley ("Government of Great Britain") → Henry Dundas ("British government") → Sir William Ashburnham ("Government of Great Britain") → Thomas Gage ("British government") →	employer
Irish Rebellion of 1798 ("British government in Ireland") → Jacobite rising of 1745 ("Hanoverian government") → Jacobite risings ("British government") →	opponent
Postmaster General of Great Britain ("Government of Great Britain") → Secretary of State for the Northern Department ("British government") → Sir Thomas Frankland ("British government") →	partOf
Gordon Riots ("British government") → Sons of Liberty ("British government") →	opposedBy
Earl of Chatham ("British government") →	associatedWith
Siege of Louisbourg (1745) ("British government in London") →	authorizedBy
Battle of Preston (1715) ("Hanoverian government") →	belligerent
HM Treasury →	foundedBy
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple ("British government") →	heldOfficeIn
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain ("Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland") →	replacedBy
Duke of Bedford for Great Britain ("British government") →	representedParty