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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Frederic George Stephens countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Spion Kop country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
D. B. Wyndham-Lewis countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cabinet of Henry Campbell-Bannerman jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
T. H. Green countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
L. T. Hobhouse countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Canningite ministry jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Goderich ministry jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
6th UK Parliament appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Harrowby country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby
Lord Buckinghamshire countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
Black Watch allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Reginald Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Frederic Watts countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord John Manners countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Nicholas Hannen countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Los Arapiles belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Emily Davies countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Captain Edward Smith countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Edward John Smith
Commissioners for the Affairs of India country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Dingle Foot countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Isaac Foot countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
David Shackleton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Francis Fowke countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
2nd Earl of Mornington countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: William Wellesley-Pole, 2nd Earl of Mornington
Privy Council of Ireland appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Privy Council of Ireland historicalPeriod United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922)
James Collinson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Horatio Bottomley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Frank Vosper countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Baron Kelvin titleHolderCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Prescott Joule countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
5th Earl of Carnarvon countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
Lake Champlain campaign countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edie Martin countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Anglo-Burmese Wars opponent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Gray Millais countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Reform Acts appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Gladstone’s third Liberal government appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 region United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
David Stirling countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Richard Bell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Patrick Pearse countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Stewart Parnell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
circuit court existsInJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom (historical)
James Robertson Justice countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Fred Hoyle countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Babington Macaulay countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland