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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Treaty of Tientsin countrySignatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Anglo-Chinese War countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Frederick Cavendish countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Crown Colony of Labuan (reassigned) colonialPower United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Crown Colony of Labuan
Henry Royce countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Francis Galton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Article II signatoryState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Article II (Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909)
Adam Sedgwick countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Provo Wallis countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John French countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Maurice Elvey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colony of British Columbia (mainland) sovereignState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Irving citizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Edward Grey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Alexander James Edmund Cockburn countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Bullough countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Pakenham countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
David George countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: David Lloyd George
Arthur Waugh countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Dorothy Maud Vivian countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Lawrence allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Fawcett countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Millicent Fawcett countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur MacArthur Sr. countryOfBirth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Essequibo colonialPower United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Robert William Edis countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Orange River Sovereignty sovereignState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Orange River Colony sovereignState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
David Henderson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Alfred Baldwin countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Admiral James Gambier country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
William Adams diplomaticRelation United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Launceston Elliot countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Court of Chancery country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles James Napier allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Richard Strachey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Robert Falcon Scott countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Convention of 1818 countrySignatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charge of the Heavy Brigade belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bombardment of Bomarsund countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bombardment of Bomarsund belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
London Convention of 1871 signatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland