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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William Edward Willink countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Philip Coldwell Thicknesse countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Francis Wade countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Helen Violet Asquith countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Crichton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
General John Hearsey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Hearsey
Sir Cyril Hurcomb countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Edward James Harland countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lola Montez countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Francis Douglas countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Invasion of southwestern France (1813–1814) belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Wellington’s advance into France belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of the Nive belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Knox D’Arcy countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: William Knox D'Arcy
Marie Ault countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William, Duke of Clarence countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Alfred Frank Hardiman countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
H. Rider Haggard countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Maitland countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Arthur Lodge countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Guillermo Brown countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Douglas Hadow countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Emily Williamson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
C. Arthur Pearson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Stephen Walsh countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Trevelyan countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Robert Clynes countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Parmoor countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Albert Henry George Grey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Albert Henry George Grey
Roger Casement countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Joseph Devlin countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Corunna belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Oporto belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Murray Smith countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Erskine May countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Nivelle belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bowring countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Navarin belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Battle of Navarino
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Capitulation of Alexandria (1801) belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edgar Adrian countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Elizabeth Gaskell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Luson Thomas countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Frank Holl countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Catherine Gurney countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Frank Parkinson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland