United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state that existed from 1801 to 1922, uniting Great Britain and all of Ireland under a single constitutional monarchy and global imperial power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional monarchy
former country
sovereign state
alsoKnownAs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
surface form: Britain

United Kingdom
surface form: UK

United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922)
anthem God Save the King
capital London, England
surface form: London
coatOfArms Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1801–1816)
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1801–1816)
surface form: Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1816–1837)

Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1837–1952)
continent Africa (colonial possessions)
Asia (colonial possessions)
Europe
North America
surface form: North America (colonial possessions)

Oceania (colonial possessions)
countryNameInEnglish United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland self-link
currency Pound sterling
endTime 1922-12-06
event Acts of Union 1800
flagName Union Flag
followedBy Irish Free State
United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
governmentForm unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister
headOfStateTitle Monarch
includesTerritory Channel Islands (crown dependencies)
England
British Isles
surface form: Great Britain

Ireland
Isle of Man (crown dependency)
Scotland
Wales
legalSystem common law
legislativeBody British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
lowerHouse House of Commons of the United Kingdom
officialLanguage English
participatedIn Crimean War
World War I
surface form: First World War

Napoleonic Wars
precededBy Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Ireland
reasonForEnd establishment of the Irish Free State
religion Anglicanism (state church in England)
Presbyterianism (established church in Scotland)
Roman Catholicism
shortName United Kingdom
startTime 1801-01-01
status global imperial power
great power
upperHouse House of Lords
wasPartOf British Empire

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Ian Hunter countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of London (1839) signatoryState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of London (1839) guarantorPower United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William John Codrington countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies associatedWith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Rolls countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Florence Crauford Grove countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Clark Ross countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Michael Balcon countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Michael Balcon
Games of the IV Olympiad hostNation United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Desborough countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Southern Ireland country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Southern Ireland partOf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Southern Ireland precededBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Shaw Jr. countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Palmerston countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Rutland of Jutland countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Queen's Colleges (Ireland) Act 1845 country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Flinders Petrie countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Irish Universities Act 1908 country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Tom Taylor countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Clerk of the Ordnance country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Arbuthnot Fisher countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
French campaign of 1814 hasParticipant United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Master of the Horse timePeriod United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Royal University of Ireland jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Roy Fedden countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Carlton House country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Seymour King countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Napoleon’s Syrian campaign hasCountryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colony of Nova Scotia sovereign United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treasurer of the Ordnance country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Anthony Hope countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Article III treatyBetween United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Article III (Boundary Waters Treaty)
this entity surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (on behalf of Canada)
John Brett countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Jill Esmond countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The Earl of Derby (as Prime Minister, first term) jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: The Earl of Derby (first term as Prime Minister)
John Tyndall citizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Princess of Great Britain constitutionalContext United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (early period)
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
parliamentary enclosure acts country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Maufe countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Jacky Fisher countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
French Army of the East opponent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Marchioness of Macduff realm United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland