House of Commons of Great Britain

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legislative body lower house of parliament

The House of Commons of Great Britain was the lower house of the Parliament formed by the 1707 union of England and Scotland, serving as the primary elected legislative body until it was replaced in 1801 following the union with Ireland.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
unreformed House of Commons	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ lower house of parliament ⓘ
capital	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
coequalWith	House of Lords ⓘ surface form: House of Lords of Great Britain
composition	Members of Parliament ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	component of the legislature ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
createdBy	union of England and Scotland ⓘ
dissolved	1801 ⓘ
endedBy	Acts of Union 1800 ⓘ
endTime	1801 ⓘ
establishedBy	Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ
followedBy	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
governmentType	parliamentary monarchy ⓘ
governs	Great Britain ⓘ
hasParliamentarySystem	Westminster system ⓘ
hasSpeaker	Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ surface form: Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ
houseType	elected chamber ⓘ
inception	1707 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf	Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
legislativeFunction	authorizing government expenditure ⓘ controlling taxation ⓘ passing laws ⓘ scrutinizing the government ⓘ
location	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster
meetsIn	Palace of Westminster ⓘ
meetsInBuilding	St Stephen's Chapel ⓘ
memberLabel	Member of Parliament ⓘ
numberOfHousesInParliament	2 ⓘ
otherChamber	House of Lords ⓘ surface form: House of Lords of Great Britain
partOf	Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
precededBy	Parliament of England ⓘ Parliament of Scotland ⓘ
replacedBy	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
replaces	House of Commons of England ⓘ Parliament of Scotland ⓘ surface form: House of Commons of Scotland
role	primary elected legislative body of Great Britain ⓘ
seat	Palace of Westminster ⓘ
sessionType	parliamentary session ⓘ
startTime	1707 ⓘ
subordinateTo	British Crown ⓘ surface form: Crown of Great Britain
supersededDueTo	union with Ireland ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Rockingham Whig → chamber → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

House of Commons of England → followedBy → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

Aldborough → governmentSystemContext → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

this entity surface form: unreformed House of Commons

Stamp Act 1765 → legislativeBody → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

Edmund Burke → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

Henry Dundas → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

Lord Barham → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

Admiral Samuel Hood → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

Earl of Chatham → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

subject surface form: William Pitt the Elder

William Wellesley-Pole → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

Commons House of Assembly → modeledAfter → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

Lord North → parliamentaryBody → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

Sir Charles Yorke → parliamentaryHouse → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

William Wilberforce → parliamentaryHouse → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

Charles Townshend → parliamentaryTerm → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

House of Commons of the United Kingdom → precededBy → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ

Estates of Parliament → succeededBy → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ