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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Joseph countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Joseph Lister
John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Frederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Henry countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Landseer countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Edwin Landseer
Arthur Strange Kattendyke David Archibald Gore, 8th Earl of Arran, Conservative politician countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Arthur Strange Kattendyke David Archibald Gore, 8th Earl of Arran
Sydney Gibbes countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Canning, Earl Canning countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir John William Waterlow countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Dame Frances Dove countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward William Godwin countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
British Lake Erie squadron belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Kronstadt (1854) belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Allan countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Henry Tanner countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Baron Huddleston countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Henry James countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir John Holker countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Robert Blackburn countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Wilfrid William Ashley, 1st Baron Mount Temple countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Victor Gollancz countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1st Marquess of Reading countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading
Jan Struther countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland