United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland |
| Sovereign state |
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit (French)²
"God and my right" |
Anthem
God Save the King (Queen) |
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| Capital |
London |
| Language(s) |
English (de facto official). Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Welsh and Cornish widely spoken in parts. |
| Government |
Constitutional monarchy |
| Monarch |
| - 1801–1820 |
George III |
| - 1820–1830 |
George IV |
| - 1830–1837 |
William IV |
| - 1837–1901 |
Victoria |
| - 1901–1910 |
Edward VII |
| - 1910–1927 (cont. as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
George V |
| Prime Minister |
| - 1801, 1804–1806 |
William Pitt the Younger |
| - 1924–1927 (In name-cont.) |
Stanley Baldwin |
| Legislature |
Parliament |
| - Upper house |
House of Lords |
| - Lower house |
House of Commons |
| History |
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| - Act of Union 1800 |
1 January 1801 |
| - Disestablished |
6 December 1922 |
| - UK name changed |
12 April 1927 |
| Area |
| - 1801 |
315,093 km2 (121,658 sq mi) |
| Population |
| - 1801 est. |
16,345,646 |
| Density |
51.9 /km2 (134.4 /sq mi) |
| - 1921 est. |
42,769,196 |
| Density |
135.7 /km2 (351.6 /sq mi) |
| Currency |
Pound sterling |
1 The Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom in 1922 as a result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, but this fact was not reflected in the long-form name of United Kingdom until the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act in 1927. The current British state, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is universally accepted to be a direct continuation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and should not be imagined to be a break from it or a new state formed after it.
² The Royal motto used in Scotland was Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (Latin for "No-one provokes me with impunity"). |
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
