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This article is about the historical period during which Ireland and Great Britain formed a single state. For the state in its current form, see United Kingdom.

United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland

1801–1922

Coat of arms of United Kingdom

Coat of arms

Motto: Dieu et mon droit  (French
"God and my right"
Anthem: God Save the King (Queen)
Territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until 1922

Territory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until 1922

CapitalLondon
Common languagesEnglish³
GovernmentConstitutional monarchy
Monarch 

• 1801–1820

George III

• 1820–1830

George IV

• 1830–1837

William IV

• 1837–1901

Victoria

• 1901–1910

Edward VII

• 1910–1927 (cont.)

George V
Prime Minister 

• 1801–1801

William Pitt the Younger

• 1924–1927 (cont.)

Stanley Baldwin
LegislatureParliament
House of Lords
House of Commons
History 
1 January 1801
6 December 1922
12 April 1927
Area
1801315,093 km2 (121,658 sq mi)
1927315,093 km2 (121,658 sq mi)
Population

• 1801

16345646

• 1927

42769196
CurrencyPound sterling
ISO 3166 codeGB
Preceded by Succeeded by
United Kingdom of Great Britain
Kingdom of Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Irish Free State

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 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").
³ In addition to English (official status established by precedent), Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Welsh were spoken regionally.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927. The United Kingdom was formed by the merger of the Kingdom of Great Britain (itself a merger of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland) and the Kingdom of Ireland. Its name was changed in 1927 after the majority of Ireland left the UK in 1922 and became the sovereign Irish Free State, thus leaving only six counties in the north within the UK.

The monarch continued to use the title of King or Queen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until 1927.

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