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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William Coutts Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Robert Grey, 5th Earl Grey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Baron Leighton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton
Babette Valerie Hobson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Seton Lloyd countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Henry Havelock countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Justice Knight-Bruce countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sacheverell Sitwell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Pryse countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Herbert Davies-Evans countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Lewes Trefor Thomas countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Justice Turner countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Justice Giffard countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Wolfe Barry
Lord Justice James countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Fenner Brockway countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Anderson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Chichester Fortescue, 2nd Baron Clermont (1823–1898) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Chichester Fortescue, 2nd Baron Clermont
Sir John William Fortescue (1859–1933) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Sir John William Fortescue
George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sydney Buxton, 1st Viscount Buxton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Second Anglo-Chinese War belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Chiclana belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Cerro de los Mártires belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Andalusian campaign of the Peninsular War belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (1783–1861) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue
John Hopkinson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Guy countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Hopkinson
Siege of Cádiz belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Carson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Edward Carson
J. R. Clynes countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bernard Edward Barnaby FitzPatrick countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bernard Edward Barnaby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Bernard Edward Barnaby FitzPatrick
Catherine Fitzpatrick (Australian convict and teacher) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Catherine Fitzpatrick
Edward Hopkinson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John W. Simpson
2nd Baron Castletown countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bertie Crewe countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Isola Wilde countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Samuel Browne countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Graham Jackson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Eric Maschwitz countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland