United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

:This article is about the historical state called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801-1927). For information about its modern successor state, see the main article: United Kingdom.

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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was created on 1 January 1801 by the merger of the Kingdom of Great Britain (itself a merger of the former Kingdoms of Scotland and England in 1707) and the Kingdom of Ireland. The merger followed the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and was facilitated by the Act of Union, passed by both the Irish Parliament and the British Parliament. The British government awarded gifts of titles, land and money to Irish Members of Parliament to encourage their support for the merger, since most of them had previously been against union. Under the terms of the merger, the Irish Parliament was abolished, and Ireland was to be represented in the united parliament, meeting in the Palace of Westminster. Part of the trade-off for Irish Catholics was to be the granting of Catholic Emancipation, which had been fiercely resisted by the all-Anglican Irish Parliament. However, this was blocked by King George III who argued that emancipating Roman Catholics would breach his Coronation Oath.

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1 January - 1801 - Kingdom of Great Britain - Scotland - England - 1707 - Kingdom of Ireland - Irish Rebellion of 1798 - Act of Union - Irish Parliament - British Parliament - British government - Irish - Members of Parliament - Palace of Westminster - Catholic Emancipation - Anglican - King George III - Coronation Oath

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Whilst the Irish Free State became independent in 1922, after the Anglo-Irish War, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland continued in name until 1927 when it was renamed as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in accordance with the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927.

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Irish Free State - 1922 - Anglo-Irish War - 1927 - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927

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