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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G. I. Taylor countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Stirling Burghs (shared burgh constituency) historicalJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Ernest Hives countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bombardment of Sveaborg attacker United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bombardment of Sveaborg belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sligo Borough jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Norman Wilkinson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Representation of the People Act 1918 appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: Ireland (then part of the United Kingdom)
Emmeline Pankhurst countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Helena Swanwick countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Jeans countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Vernon Kell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Edward Dobson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1st Viscount Templewood countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood
Frederick Arthur Montague Browning countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Cockcroft
Siege of Akko (1799) belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Maurice Bonham Carter countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mary Georgina Newton residence United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sidney Webb countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
French invasion of Naples (1806) mainBelligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Coalition forces against Napoleon composedOf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
4th Light Dragoons allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 signatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Conolly citizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Conolly countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Conolly birthPlace United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Congress of Berlin hasParticipant United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Peace of Ghent belligerentParty United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Peace of Ghent restoredRelationsBetween United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Peace of Ghent signatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Peace of Ghent countryAtTimeOfSigning United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
British South Africa colonialPower United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
County Dublin historicalSubdivisionOf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
First Battle of Ypres countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington deathPlace United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The Iron Duke countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Anglo-Russian invasion of Naples (1805) belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Anglo-Russian invasion of Naples (1805) alliedWith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Quadruple Alliance (1815) countryMember United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Quadruple Alliance (1815) hasSignatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh deathPlace United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of Vienna (Final Act of the Congress of Vienna) signatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Treaty of Vienna (1815)
Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Marie Stopes countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Karl Pearson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
A. V. Hill countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland