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United Kingdom: Polity Style: 1707-2024
22 Jul/2 Aug 1706 the Articles of Union are agreed by the commissioners of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland (Articles of the Treaty of Union: Agreed on by the Commissioners of Both Kingdoms, on the 22d of July 1706. Edinburgh and London, 1706, online)
1/12 May 1707 the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland are united in accordance with the acts passed by the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland (England: passed by the House of Commons on 28 Feb/17 Mar 1707, House of Lords on 4/15 Mar 1707; received royal assent on 6/17 Mar 1707; commencement on 1/12 May 1707; Scotland: passed by the Parliament on 16/27 Jan 1707; received royal assent on 16/27 Jan 1707; commencement on 1/12 May 1707) (Pickering's Statutes at Large, vol. 11, pp. 196-218; Scottish Parliament Acts, 1706-1707, pp. 720-735) [1]
1/12 May 1707 - 31 Dec 1800 Kingdom of Great Britain
1 Jan 1801 the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland are united in accordance with the acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland (Great Britain: passed by the House of Commons on 24 Jun 1800, House of Lords on 30 Jun 1800; received royal assent on 2 Jul 1800, commencement on 1 Jan 1801; Ireland: passed by the House of Commons on 7 Jun 1800, House of Lords on 13 Jun 1800; received royal assent on 1 Aug 1800, commencement on 1 Jan 1801) (Pickering's Statutes at Large, vol. 42, part II, pp. 648-679; Ireland Statutes at Large, vol. 20, pp. 448-487) [2]
1 Jan 1801 - 12 Apr 1927 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
12 Apr 1927 the expression "United Kingdom" in Acts of Parliament and public documents is determined to mean "Great Britain and Northern Ireland" in accordance with an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (House of Commons on 15 Mar 1927; House of Lords on 5 Apr 1927; received royal assent on 12 Apr 1927) (Public General Acts, 1927, p. 8) [3]
12 Apr 1927 - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  1. Full title (England): An Act for an Union of the Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland; (Scotland): Act Ratifying and Approving the Treaty of Union of the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England.
  2. Full title (Great Britain): An Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland; (Ireland): An Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
  3. Full title: Act to provide for the alteration of the Royal Style and Titles and of the Style of Parliament and for purposes incidental thereto (may be cited as the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act, 1927).

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