UNITED KINGDOM

UNITED KINGDOM

The title of the former political unity composed of:
. England
. Wales
.Scotland
. Ireland
. Northern Ireland
Officially adopted on January 1st, 1801, when the act of union between great Britain and Ireland came into force. The name great Britain has been used since the union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland in 1707 as the official designation of the united countries.
When in 1922, 26 Irish countries were severed from the united kingdom and sensed into dominion of the British empire under the name of the Irish free stat, no provision was made in the act for any change in the royal style or in the title of the imperial parliament.
From 1922 onward, however, the title of united kingdom of great Britain and northern Ireland was frequently used in official documents to designate those parts of the British isles represented in the imperial parliament, meeting of Westminster.