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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Joan Clarke countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Stewart Menzies countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Parker countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Will Crooks countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire historicalPeriod United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Abu Klea belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edmund Allenby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Barrosa belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Fitzpatrick dynasty allegianceAfterUnion United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1818) hasParticipant United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir John W. Simpson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
War of Liberation hasAlly United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Horace Smith-Dorrien countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Field Marshal Sir John French countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John French
William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 6th Earl Fitzwilliam countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Holford countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Campbell-Bannerman countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Martin countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Valentine Baker countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Richard Haldane countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Viscount Wolseley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
Sailor King hasRealmOfReferent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Hubert Gough countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Maiwand belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Leonard Woolley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Harold Monro countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Gibson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Acton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cecil Beaton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cecil Frances Alexander countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Anglo-Persian War 1856–1857 belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edwin Alderson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Robert Gray countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Richardson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colony of Jamaica colonialPower United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
War of 1812 era mainBelligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812) belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Austen Henry Layard countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Siege of Burgos belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Bright countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Derby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland