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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Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Sanday countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arrow War belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George William Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Alfred Knox countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Oliver Johnston countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Patrick Steptoe countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
General John Hely-Hutchinson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore
1st Baron Chelmsford countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Edward Cavendish countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Tim McCarthy countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colonel Colin Gubbins countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Colin Gubbins
James Arthur Gairdner countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Anthony Nicholls countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1st Viscount Allenby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Roderick Jones countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Richard Usborne countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Grove countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Hubert Hudson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Alfred Cheetham countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
8th Duke of Devonshire countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
Richard Blanshard countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Higgs countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Frederick Seymour countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Pakenham, 2nd Earl of Longford countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Frederick W. Lanchester countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Jones Lanchester countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Falconar Slater countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Charlton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Brooke countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Meriel Forbes countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Farrer countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Pollard-Urquhart countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Wentworth Buller countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Redvers countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Redvers Buller
Lady Elizabeth Louise Mary Monck countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lady Frances Mary Trench countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Wimperis countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Governor Charles Hotham countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Charles Hotham
Saltwell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
brigadier general (James Yorke Scarlett) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: James Yorke Scarlett
John Polidori countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Franklin Charles Gimson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edwin Waterhouse countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Flora Drummond countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland