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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William Rowan Hamilton countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Napoleonic invasion of Spain opposedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales countryRuled United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Second Treaty of Paris signatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
John countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
John countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Russell, Viscount Amberley
19th Light Dragoons allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
John Thomas Romney Robinson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Celia Johnson countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sir Evelyn Wood countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Philip Snowden countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Francis Russell Gurney Hoare countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
First Hague Peace Conference participatingEntity United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: John Arbuthnot Fisher
Geoffrey de Havilland countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of the Frontiers belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Hanoverian Army alliedWith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Frederick Handley Page countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
January 1910 United Kingdom general election geographicScope United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Third Home Rule Bill country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Battle of Doiran belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Irish Unionist Alliance supported United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 jurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles Booth countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Parliament of Southern Ireland country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Christianna Brand countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
partition of Ireland appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord Birkenhead countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Victoria R. associatedWithRealm United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
South African Republic suzeraintyOf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom (after 1881)
Nissan Navara assembly United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
this entity surface form: United Kingdom (past)
Napoleonic invasions of Portugal countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Geoffrey Faber countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
George Allen countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
CID operatedIn United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Committee of Imperial Defence
Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales usedIn United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lord George Cavendish countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
William Stanley Jevons countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Irish Rebellion of 1803 hasCountryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Arnold Toynbee countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Jack Hawkins countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of the Bogue signedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of the Bogue signatory United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Treaty of the Bogue countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Lionel Robbins countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Participation in the Battle of San Domingo belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Landseer countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
subject surface form: Edwin Landseer Lutyens
T. E. Lawrence countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland