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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James Andrew Broun-Ramsay countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
British Raj (Company rule in India) controllingPower United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Daniel Macmillan countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
HMS Queen Charlotte allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
sinking of the RMS Lusitania country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Joseph Plunkett countryOfDeath United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Leighton Lucas countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Ursula Jeans countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Patrick Barr countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Alexander Macmillan countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Clarke countryOfDeath United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale countryOfResidence United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
West Indies station country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: West Indies Station
Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Randall Davidson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868 country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Herbert Plumer countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Le Fanu citizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Sheridan Le Fanu
Susanna Bennett countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of Berlin 1878 signatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Treaty of Berlin (1878)
Dallas Bower countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Alcock
John countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Rushworth Jellicoe
Board of Longitude country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Queen Victoria's birthday observedIn United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom (historically)
British forces in the Second Boer War usedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Basil Mott countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Alan Gardiner countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Alan Gardiner
William McCudden countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Eric Drummond countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Auckland countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Ellenborough countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Geoffrey Jellicoe countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Cayley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Ships of the line of the Royal Navy usedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Henry Newman countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Henderson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
USS Eagle opponentCountry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Glaisher countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence monarchOf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland