Kingdom of Great Britain

E70

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state that existed from 1707 to 1801, formed by the political union of England (and Wales) and Scotland, and became a major global colonial and maritime power.

All labels observed (14)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former country
sovereign state
alsoKnownAs Kingdom of Great Britain
surface form: Great Britain
capital London, England
surface form: London
continent Europe
country Kingdom of Great Britain self-linksurface differs
surface form: Great Britain
currency Pound sterling
dateDissolved 1801-01-01
dateEstablished 1707-05-01
endTime 1801
flag Union Flag
followedBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
formedByUnionOf Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Scotland
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
hadColony British India
British West Indies
New South Wales
Province of Quebec
Thirteen Colonies
headOfState British monarch
includedTerritory England
Kingdom of Scotland
surface form: Scotland

Wales
legalBasisOfUnion Kingdom of Great Britain self-linksurface differs
surface form: Acts of Union 1707
legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
lowerHouse House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons of Great Britain
majorPowerIn 18th century
mergedInto United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
mergerLegalBasis United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
surface form: Acts of Union 1800
monarch Anne, Queen of Great Britain
George I of Great Britain
George II of Great Britain
George III of the United Kingdom
notableFor colonial expansion
maritime power
officialLanguage English
participatedIn American Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars
Seven Years' War
War of the Spanish Succession
precededBy Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Scotland
primeMinister Robert Walpole
William Pitt the Elder
William Pitt the Younger
religion Anglicanism
Presbyterianism
Protestantism
startTime 1707
upperHouse House of Lords
wasPartOf British Empire

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3,875)

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

William Clift countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Dora Bland countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Spencer, 1st Earl Spencer countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Emma; or, The Unfortunate Attachment countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
C. Hitch and L. Hawes country Kingdom of Great Britain
Lives of the Poets countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Catherine Talbot countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Tetty country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Samuel Johnson
Tetty country Kingdom of Great Britain
Topham Beauclerk countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
The Literary Club country Kingdom of Great Britain
Margaret Montgomerie countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Euphemia Erskine countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Charles Dilly countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Garrick countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: David Garrick
The Lying Valet countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Miss in Her Teens countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Bon Ton countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Male Coquette countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Clandestine Marriage countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
A Peep Behind the Curtain countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Farmer’s Return from London countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Jubilee countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Fairies countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Irish Widow countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
The Country Girl (adaptation) countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
Edial Hall School country Kingdom of Great Britain
Stiff Leadbetter country Kingdom of Great Britain
Fanny Boscawen countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Admiralty orders and draughts of 1719 countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
court-martial of Thomas Mathews country Kingdom of Great Britain
Mediterranean campaign of 1744 belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain
Byng family country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington
Byng family country Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: John Byng
HMS St George (court-martial) country Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Royal Sovereign (1786) country Kingdom of Great Britain
HMS Queen Charlotte (1790) country Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Cochrane, 6th Earl of Dundonald allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Henry FitzClarence countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
Lady Georgiana Cavendish countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
George Garrick countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
John Abernethy countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
55th Regiment of Foot country Kingdom of Great Britain
Robert Darcy countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
subject surface form: Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness