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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Crozier countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Francis Crozier
A. E. W. Mason countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Malcolm Sargent countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Macnaghten Whittaker countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Turtle Wood countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Atlantic campaign of 1806 belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Julius Drewe countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Frederick Selous countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Auberon Herbert countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Chapman countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Hudson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir John Benn countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Georgiana Rolls, Baroness Llangattock countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Emily Hobhouse countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Samuel Barnett countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Henry Grenfell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Gonville Bromhead countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Geoffrey Faithfull countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Arthur Lee countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Napoleonic Wars engagement belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Battle of Corunna
William Petrie countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Henry Barlow countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Joe Randolph Ackerley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Deakin countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Ashton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
A. H. M. (A. H. M. Goodhart-Rendel) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: A. H. M. Goodhart-Rendel
Lord Malmesbury countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Nigel Ernle Bruce countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward White Benson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Francis Llewellyn Griffith countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cardinal Henry Edward Manning countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Henry Edward Manning
Claude George Bowes-Lyon countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Isaac Chambers countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Allan Cunningham (botanist) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Harold Nicholson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Harold Nicolson
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Grey West countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Reginald Hall countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Elizabeth Dyke countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Kenneth Stephen countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir William Davison countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Graham Sutherland countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland