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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Macon's Bill Number 2 aimedAt United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Pasley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mark Cubbon countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Philip Noel-Baker countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Rab Butler countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Walmsley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Chesapeake–Leopard affair countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire historicalPeriod United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Sydenham Clarke countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Gerald Balfour countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cornelius Sherlock countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
shilling–pound system usedIn United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colony of Queensland sovereignState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Lake allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
R. A. Butler countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Isaac Thornycroft countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mervyn Macartney countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Gertrude Jekyll countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Harold Speed countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Francis Leopold McClintock countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bandon (UK Parliament constituency in Parliament of Ireland) endEvent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: Union of Great Britain and Ireland
Haus Welf hatHerrschaftsgebiet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: Vereinigtes Königreich von Großbritannien und Irland
Siege of Montevideo (1807) belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Barry Jackson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir William Rouse Ball countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Harold Jeffreys countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir John Lennard-Jones countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Henry Dale countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Etta Lemon countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Frank Tourle Thomson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Niu Jian signatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Treaty of Nanking
Niu Jian participant United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: First Opium War
Samuel Courtauld countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Lee of Fareham countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Aston Webb countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Thomas Brock countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Volunteer Force (United Kingdom) appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Harold Spencer Jones countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Vice‑Admiral Sir Roger Keyes countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Roger Keyes
1st Earl Beatty countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Augustine Birrell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir John Young countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Rear‑Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Reginald Bacon
Dirk Bogarde countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Fabia Drake countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Carr Beresford countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
General Act of Berlin signatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of Yandabo party United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland