The former Kingdom of Great Britain, also described occasionally as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain', was a sovereign state in what is now northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1801. It came into being on 1 May 1707, with the political union of the kingdom of Scotland and the kingdom of England (which included Wales). With the 1706 Treaty of Union (ratified by the Acts of Union 1707), it was agreed to create a single, united kingdom, encompassing the whole of the island of Great Britain and its minor outlying islands, excluding Ireland, which remained a separate realm under the newly created British crown. A single parliament and government, based at Westminster, controlled the new kingdom. The former kingdoms had already shared the same monarch since James VI, King of Scots became King of England in 1603 following the death of Queen Elizabeth I, bringing about a "Union of the Crowns".
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Governing officials: Robert Walpole - Prime minister - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - George I of Great Britain - Apr 4, 1721 - Feb 11, 1742; Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington - Prime minister - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - George II of Great Britain - Feb 16, 1742 - Jul 2, 1743; Henry Pelham - Prime minister - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - George II of Great Britain - Aug 27, 1743 - Mar 6, 1754; George V of the United Kingdom - King; Edward VII of the United Kingdom - King - 1901 - May 6, 1910; Edward VIII of the United Kingdom - King - Jan 20, 1936 - Dec 11, 1936; George VI of the United Kingdom - King - Feb 6, 1952; Queen Victoria - Queen regnant - 1837 - 1901; Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom - Queen regnant - 1953; Sir John Evelyn, 1st Baronet of Wotton - Member of Parliament - House of Commons of Great Britain - Helston - 1708 - 1710;
Government bodies: House of Commons of Great Britain Capital: London Currency Used: UK £ Form of Government: Parliamentary Democracy Constitutional monarchy Languages spoken: Scottish Gaelic language Norn Language Welsh Language Cornish Language Scots Language National anthem: God Save the Queen;
Official Language: English Language Date dissolved: 1801;
Date founded: May 1, 1707;
Contained by: Western Europe British Isles Geolocation: 51.5, -0.11667;
Population: 16,345,646 - 1801;
Casualties: Battle of Talavera de la Reina, Military - Wounded, 4,000; Tenerife, Military - Dead, 141; Battle of Talavera de la Reina, Military - Dead, 800; Battle of Fort Oswego; Siege of Louisbourg, Military - Dead, 167; Battle of the Monongahela, Military - Dead, 400; Battle of the Monongahela, Military - Wounded, 400;
Force Deployments: Raid on Cherbourg - 6,000; Louisbourg Expedition - 14,000 - 1757; Siege of Louisbourg - 11,600 - 1758; Battle of the Monongahela - 1,400 - 2,100;
Military Commanders: Battle of Brandywine - William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe; Siege of Yorktown - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis; Siege of Yorktown - Charles O'Hara; Battle of Trois-Rivières - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester; Battle of Corunna - John Moore; Great Siege of Gibraltar - George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield; Burlington Heights - John Vincent; Battle of Princeton - Charles Mawhood; Battle of Ballynahinch - George Nugent; Battle of Charlotte - George Hanger;
Military Conflicts: War of the Spanish Succession - Habsburg Monarchy/Kingdom of England/Dutch Republic/Kingdom of Portugal/Crown of Aragon/Duchy of Savoy/Denmark-Norway/Crown of Castile/Bavaria/Hungarian Rebels/Kingdom of France; American Revolutionary War; Battle of Brandywine; Battle of Bunker Hill; Siege of Yorktown - Hesse; Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies; Battle of Saint-Pierre; Siege of Bouchain; Naval Battle of Genoa; Battle of Famars;
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