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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John Venn countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Virginia Woolf countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Hardinge countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Public Health Acts in Britain appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: Ireland (pre-1922)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Joseph Lister countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
British Channel Fleet allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
J. L. Austin countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Wavell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Archbishop Charles Longley countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Charles Longley
Duncan Grant countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Ottoline Morrell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of Nanking signatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of Nanking requiredCessionTo United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of Nanking countryBenefited United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
London Conference of 1830–1831 countryOfOccurrence United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
London Conference of 1830–1831 participant United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of London (1831) signatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Linlithgow countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
French Empire enemy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Henry Tizard countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Copenhagen belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
British naval blockade of Europe belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Anglo-Sikh Wars countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Welf ruledTerritory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
British Indian Department country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Irwin countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Canning countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward William Lane countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Barry Jr. countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Eastern Theater of the War of 1812 countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Éamon de Valera countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Rosalind Franklin countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Joseph Prestwich countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Rupert's Land sovereignState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Douglas Clifton Brown countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Ross Dependency (New Zealand Antarctic territory) claimedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Ross Dependency
this entity surface form: United Kingdom (historically)
Baron Clonbrock laterJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Robert Louis Stevenson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Système continental aimedAtCountry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Entente Cordiale signatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Stanley Eddington countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Jan Smuts citizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Embargo Act of 1807 aimedAt United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Chief Secretary for Ireland country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Tamworth Manifesto appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cashel country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Cashel (UK Parliament constituency)
Cashel countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Sir Robert Peel