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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Cloudesley Brereton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Robert Bulwer-Lytton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Reginald Herbert, 15th Earl of Pembroke countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sidney Herbert, 16th Earl of Pembroke countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir William Lyons countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Edward Forster countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Field Marshal Sir George Pollock countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: George Pollock
Charles Henry Harrod countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
David Mocatta countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Abraham Roberts countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Felicity Tree countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Busaco belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Battle of Bussaco
Fuentes d’Onor belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Fane Charles Hamilton
Thomas countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale
Gerald Valerian Wellesley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Carl Harbord countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord George Manners-Sutton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch
Colonel Alan David Macpherson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Alan David Macpherson
Sir John William Ramsden countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Brydon countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Rhys-Davids countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Samuel John Carter countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Maule, 1st Baron Panmure (William Ramsay Maule) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: William Maule, 1st Baron Panmure
Battle of Ghazni (1839) belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Auckland as Governor-General of India countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Lord Auckland
Simon Ramsay, 16th Earl of Dalhousie countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Louisa Molesworth countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Geoffrey Alan Jellicoe countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Geoffrey Jellicoe
George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Patrick Leigh Fermor countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Herbert Benjamin Edwardes
Richard Francis Burton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Augustus FitzClarence countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Raikes Currie countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Elsie Fogerty countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir John Peter Grant countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Steuart Bayley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Ronaldshay (Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
George Ponsonby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Andrew Fraser countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland