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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Order of St Michael and St George establishedInTerritory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Secretary of State for the Southern Department appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: Ireland
Royal Flying Corps allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
3rd Earl Russell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Bertrand Russell
Sydney Camm countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Erasmus Darwin citizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Spencer Perceval countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Spencer Perceval primeMinisterOf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
House of Hanover ruled United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Michael O’Dwyer countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Herbert Henry Asquith countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Percy Fawcett countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
First Boer War countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Asia (colonial possessions) country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
RNAS Cranwell countryDuringOperation United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Bladensburg belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom
Duke of York usedInMonarchy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
R. J. Mitchell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Peerage of Ireland historicallyAssociatedWith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Cecil Pigou countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Geoffrey Walker countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of Amiens betweenCountry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Alfred Russel Wallace countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Tedder countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Gwen Raverat countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Irish War of Independence belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Henry Huxley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Irish Free State precededBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland legislativeBodyFor United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland legislativeBranchOf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland governs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Armistice of 11 November 1918 belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom
Treaty of Paris (1815) signatoryState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Duff Cooper countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Waterloo belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha associatedWith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Russell, Viscount Amberley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of Pretoria (1881) party United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Greek War of Independence hasSupportingBelligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Greek War of Independence countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of Trianon partyTo United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Siege of Lucknow belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Democratic Unionist Party supports United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: Union of Northern Ireland with Great Britain
First Battle of the Marne belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom
Ada Lovelace countryOfBirth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Peter Fleming countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland