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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Royal Arms of the United Kingdom used 1714–1801 usedIn United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Clive (barrister) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Clive (British Army officer) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Great Britain laterBecamePartOf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir John Fowler countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Ernest Brown countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Aston Webb countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Frederick Sykes countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Samuel Wilberforce countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
David Beatty allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
British invasions of the Río de la Plata countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Berlin Conference participant United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
First Anglo-Burmese War belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Mary Anne Disraeli countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Bandon locatedInSovereignState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Bandon (UK Parliament constituency)
Second Anglo-Burmese War belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Clive Bigham, 2nd Viscount Mersey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Blore countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Cadogan countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Murray Sueter countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Raymond Asquith countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Asquith countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cyril Asquith countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
London Convention signedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: London Convention (1884)
London Convention countrySignatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: London Convention (1884)
Battle of Laing's Nek countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Nicholson allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colin Clive countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Christopher Cockerell countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Margot Tennant countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arthur Balfour countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
F. P. Ramsey countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Henry Cole countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Marsden countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
British home front during World War I appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: Ireland (pre-1922)
Richard McCreery countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Distinguished Conduct Medal awardedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (historically)
Walcheren Campaign country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Glover Barkla countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Hunt (architect) countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupation of France (1815–1818) enforcedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Hougoumont farm belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Giles Gilbert Scott countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Truce of 11 July 1921 belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Truce of 11 July 1921 country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland