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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James Chadwick countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Kingdom of Ireland followedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Harold Macmillan countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Michael Faraday countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Trenchard countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Fisher countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Kingsley Wood countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Kingsley Wood
Nevill Mott countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom of the Netherlands borderedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Bateson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Valentine Fleming countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord High Admiral of England country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Queen Victoria countryOfBirth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom
Queen Victoria monarchOf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Anglo-Irish Treaty countrySignatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
International Meridian Conference participatingEntity United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Stanley Baldwin countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
G. H. Hardy countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Codrington countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edwin Lutyens countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Board of Ordnance country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Herbert Morrison countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Queen's College, Cork country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Leslie Stephen countryOfBirth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom
Samuel Taylor Coleridge countryOfDeath United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Chelmsford countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Chelmsford placeOfBirth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom
Stafford Cripps countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 signatoryParty United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Earl Russell (John Russell) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
Lytton Strachey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
British North American colonies (except some territories) country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Douglas Haig countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Samuel Hoare countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood
G. E. Moore countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Kenneth Grahame countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Alfred Marshall countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of New Orleans belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Evelyn Waugh countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Herbert Samuel countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Duke usedIn United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Randolph countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Randolph Churchill
Archibald Sinclair countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Philip Wells countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of Ghent signedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of Ghent country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charlotte, Princess Royal countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
War of the Sixth Coalition belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland