Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain

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The Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain was the central governing authority of the unified state formed by the 1707 union of England and Scotland, overseeing national administration, finance, and policy until the creation of the United Kingdom in 1801.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf central government
executive authority
appliesLegalSystem English law
Scots law
appliesToJurisdiction British overseas colonies
England
Scotland
Wales
capital London
linked to: London, England
constitutionalForm constitutional monarchy
country Kingdom of Great Britain
countryGoverned Kingdom of Great Britain
dissolvedBy Acts of Union 1800
endTime 1801
establishedBy union of the English and Scottish parliaments
executiveBranch British ministry
followed Government of the Kingdom of England
Government of the Kingdom of Scotland
formedBy Acts of Union 1707
governmentType parliamentary system
headOfGovernment Prime Minister of Great Britain
linked to: Prime Minister
headOfState British monarch
headquartersLocation Palace of Westminster
legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain
monarchDuringExistence George I
George II
George III
Queen Anne
officeHolder Lord North
Robert Walpole
William Pitt the Elder
William Pitt the Younger
oversaw British Army
Royal Navy
partOf British state apparatus
reasonForDissolution creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
replacedBy Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
responsibleFor defence policy
fiscal policy
foreign policy
imperial administration
national administration
taxation
significantEvent American War of Independence
French Revolutionary Wars
Seven Years' War
expansion of the British Empire
startTime 1707
usedCurrency Pound sterling

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HM Treasury foundedBy Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Thomas Gage employer British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Sons of Liberty opposedBy British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Earl of Chatham associatedWith British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain replacedBy Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Gordon Riots opposedBy British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Irish Rebellion of 1798 opponent British government in Ireland
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Secretary of State for the Northern Department partOf British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Postmaster General of Great Britain partOf Government of Great Britain
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Henry Dundas employer British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir William Ashburnham employer Government of Great Britain
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Jacobite risings opponent British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Sir Thomas Frankland partOf British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Duke of Bedford for Great Britain representedParty British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Arthur Phillip employer British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Preston (1715) belligerent Hanoverian government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Jacobite rising of 1745 opponent Hanoverian government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
David Hartley employer Government of Great Britain
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Siege of Louisbourg (1745) authorizedBy British government in London
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple heldOfficeIn British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Government of England existedBefore Government of Great Britain
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Government of England mergedInto Government of Great Britain
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Government of England successor Government of Great Britain
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Raid on Rochefort (1757) plannedBy British government of William Pitt the Elder
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Government of the Kingdom of Scotland followedBy Government of Great Britain
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Government of the Kingdom of Scotland replacedBy Government of Great Britain
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
British South Sea Company regulatedBy British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
United Irishmen suppressedBy British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Clan Grant supportedSideIn1745 British Government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Cabinet of England followedBy Cabinet of Great Britain
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
British expeditionary forces in Massachusetts underAuthorityOf British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Edward Wortley Montagu employer British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Falkirk Muir belligerent British Government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Charles Philip Yorke genreOfActivity British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Jacobite rising of 1708 hasOpposingSide British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Battle of Glen Shiel opponentOf British Hanoverian government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Lachlan Macquarie appointedBy British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Lord Macartney employer British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation negotiatedWith Government of Great Britain
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater governmentOpposed Hanoverian government of Great Britain
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Jacobite landing on Eriskay opposedBy Hanoverian government of Great Britain
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
French émigré landing at Quiberon (1795) supportedBy British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
James Craggs the Younger employer British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
John Wilson Croker employer British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
British Orders in Council of 1807 issuedBy British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Patrick Tonyn employer British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
Macartney Embassy of 1793 organizedBy British government
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain
George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville areaOfActivity British government
subject linked to: George Germain
linked to: Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain