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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Morris countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Harold Abrahams countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
An Gorta Mór locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James Henry Thomas countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward FitzRoy countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Hugh Dalton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Conan Doyle countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John William Waterhouse countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Quatre Bras belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Prince of Scotland successorState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Darwin (son of Erasmus Darwin) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colin Campbell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colin Campbell allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James McCartney Sr. (father) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: James McCartney Sr.
Les Cent-Jours opponent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Siege of Ladysmith belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom
Sir William Hotham country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Llewellin countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Eric Drummond countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William IV monarchOf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Navy Board country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Thomas Sopwith countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sopwith Aviation Company country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Waterloo Campaign countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir George Cornewall Lewis countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
EIC country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Company countryOfOrigin United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Court of Directors country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Board of Control country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Wellesley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Queenston Heights belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom
Battle of Sahagún belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Kelvin countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Alcock countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cecil Rhodes countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Rushworth countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Rushworth Jellicoe
William Wellesley-Pole countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Secretary of the Board of Longitude country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
James McCudden countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Albert Ball countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Burne-Jones countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Coronation of George III countryAtTime United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
16th Earl of Derby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
Frederick countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Third Anglo-Burmese War belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Robert FitzRoy countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland