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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Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Wilson (economist) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Hardwicke Rawnsley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Samuel Pearson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
W. O. Bentley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Office of Public Works foundedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Siege of Badajoz (1812) belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Richard Pryce countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Evans countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Cecil Guinness countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1st Earl of Iveagh countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh
W. E. H. Berwick countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Harriet Russell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Michael Rossetti countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Oregon Treaty of 1846 signatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Oregon Treaty of 1846 party United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Oregon Treaty of 1846 negotiatingState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Agatha Christie countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Frederick Soddy countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Tenniel countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sisley citizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Alfred Sisley
Sir George Airy countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: George Biddell Airy
1st Viscount Melville countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
George Augustus Frederick countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Augustus Frederick monarchOf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
J. Arthur Rank countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Raymond Priestley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Margaret Rutherford countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Walter Bagehot countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Halifax Lumley-Savile, 3rd Baron Savile countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Hudson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
House of Brunswick-Lüneburg dynasticUnionWith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Spencer Horatio Walpole countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Farmer (politician) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir George Grey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edith Sitwell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Bowley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Prince Augustus Frederick countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Norman Shaw countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles George Gordon countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Eileen Power countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Athole Stewart countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Wolfe Barry countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
D. E. Hughes citizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William John Robert Cavendish countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Wilton locatedIn United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Wilton (UK Parliament constituency)