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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
House of Commons of Great Britain canonical 68
House of Commons 1
Member of the House of Commons of Great Britain 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 (71)

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

House of Commons of the United Kingdom → precededBy → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
William Wilberforce → parliamentaryHouse → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Lord North → parliamentaryBody → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Earl of Chatham → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: William Pitt the Elder
Lord Barham → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Charles Townshend → parliamentaryTerm → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Stamp Act 1765 → legislativeBody → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Edmund Burke → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Commons House of Assembly → modeledAfter → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Henry Dundas → 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
Rockingham Whig → chamber → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Commons House of Assembly → modeledAfter → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Sir Charles Yorke → parliamentaryHouse → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
William Wellesley-Pole → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
House of Commons of England → followedBy → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Estates of Parliament → succeededBy → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
George Townshend → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool → parliamentaryGroup → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Frederick → parliamentaryBody → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick North, Lord North
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Pitt the Elder → parliamentaryHouse → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Old Sarum → representedIn → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)
Aldborough → representedIn → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Aldborough → governmentSystemContext → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: unreformed House of Commons
Sir William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe → parliamentaryBody → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Lord George Gordon → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
William Wyndham Grenville → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Stamp Act Congress → petitioned → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Edward Gibbon → parliamentaryTerm → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Speech on Conciliation with America → placeOfSpeech → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
St Stephen's Chapel → usedBy → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Joseph Addison → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
William Wyndham → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Henry Penton → positionHeld → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Member of the House of Commons of Great Britain
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield → parliamentaryHouse → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Lord Grenville → parliamentaryHouse → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Viscount Melville → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
St Mawes → representedIn → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington → parliamentaryHouse → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Wilton → representedIn → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilton (UK Parliament constituency)
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Foxite Whigs → activeIn → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford → memberOf → House of Commons of Great Britain ⓘ