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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John Redmond countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Toulouse belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Clarke countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Gervys Grylls countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
H. A. L. Fisher countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Dillon countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Francis William Buxton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Cubitt countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe
Ralph King-Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lulu Harcourt countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Vernon Harcourt countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Peninsular War belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Ronald Neame countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Rupert Hart-Davis countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Benjamin Green countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Hugh Henry Rose countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Hugh Henry Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn
Hugh Rose, 1st Baron Strathnairn countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Kay Walsh countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Herbert Walker countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Phyllis Calvert countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Croydon Marks countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Charles Grant Robertson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Dick Mitchison countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir William Eden, 7th and 5th Baronet countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Robert George Kekewich countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Felix Booth countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Charles Beresford countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Vereker countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Evelyn Wood countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Symons countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Princess Sophia of Gloucester countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Rennie the Younger
George Holt Thomas countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Martita Hunt countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bernard Lee countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Hugh Henry Rose countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Joseph Beecham countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir John Evans countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Eglantyne Jebb countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Humphrey Verdon Roe countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Chief Justice Rufus Isaacs countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading
Charlie Dunbar countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Charlie Dunbar Broad
Mrs Patrick Campbell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
General Hugh Wheeler countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Hugh Wheeler
Great Retreat (1914) belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Francis Barraud countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Patrick Abercrombie countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward James Saunderson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland