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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Henry Moore (painter, born 1831) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Admiral Andrew Cunningham countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Andrew Cunningham
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Hugh Walpole countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Frederick Walpole countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Emery Walker countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sidney Abrahams countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edwin Hill countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Liddell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Siege of Badajoz belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Burns countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Ernest Guinness countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
A. H. Garrod countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Brown countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Stainer countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Alexander Matheson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Rupert Guinness countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Walter Edward Guinness countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mahon family countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Guy Liddell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Richard Lydekker countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Orthez belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Fenton Hort countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Margaret Murray countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Milles, 1st Earl Sondes countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Archibald Christie countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Richard Clement Moody countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Tenniel
John Henry Brookes countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Edward Collcutt countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Joseph Rank countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Benjamin Hall (popular attribution) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Sir Benjamin Hall
Earl of Rosse countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Prince Ernest Augustus countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Walter Gregory countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arnold Bax countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Charles Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Alexander Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Croker countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Wilson Croker
George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland