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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Campbell-Bannerman countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Nelson Keys countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Valentine Henry Baker countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The Earl of Dalhousie (Simon Ramsay) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie
William Turner (architect) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Dodson (politician) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton
Edward Gibbon Wakefield countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Robert Godley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Ashley (Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
Lord Chelmsford countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Lyttelton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Garnet countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Ferdinand Richard Edward Acton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Hugh Clough countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Andrew Crommelin countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Khushab belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Cory countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cicely Courtneidge countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Rose Bruford countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Fox countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Arthur Rostron countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir William Edge countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George III countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Princess Elizabeth
Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Earl Peel countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Frederick Thurston countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Meadows Rendel countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Fosbery Lyster countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry George Charles Lascelles countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Eric Drummond, 1st Baron Drummond of Stobhall countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
First Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1810) belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Inglis Lindon Travers countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
15th Earl of Derby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Edward Smith-Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
Bright countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Bright
Hugh Robert Mill countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Mitchell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Oliver Lodge countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Pelham Villiers countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Pelham countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Charles Pelham Villiers
John Glover (artist) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Glover (merchant) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1st Earl of Eldon countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
Walter Runciman countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Loreburn countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Paul Sanford Methuen countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland