When did the United Kingdom become "United" rather than merely united? (I.e., that word became part of its name.)
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was created in 1801. Previously, there had been the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland, both ruled by the same monarch, but legally separate. The Acts of Union 1800, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland unified the two states into a single state.
The UK changed its name to The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1927, after the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922. Since then, the name has not changed.
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It really goes back to the 1706 Union with Scotland Act and the corresponding 1707 Union with England Act.
Article I:
That the two Kingdoms of England and Scotland shall upon the First day of May which shall be in the year One thousand seven hundred and seven and for ever after be united into one Kingdom by the name of Great Britain And that the Ensigns Armorial of the said United Kingdom be such as Her Majesty shall appoint and the Crosses of St. George and St. Andrew be conjoyned in such manner as Her Majesty shall think fit and used in all Flags Banners Standards and Ensigns both at Sea and Land.
This use in Article I can be attributed to archaic capitalization rules, but the following articles hammer it home:
Article II:
That the Succession to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and of the Dominions thereto belonging after Her most Sacred Majesty and in default of Issue of Her Majesty be remain and continue to the most Excellent Princess Sophia Electoress and Dutchess Dowager of Hanover and the Heirs of her body being Protestants upon whom the Crown of England is settled by an Act of Parliament......
Article III:
That the United Kingdom of Great Britain be Represented by one and the same Parliament to be stiled the Parliament of Great Britain.
Article IV:
That all the Subjects of the United Kingdom of Great Britain shall from and after the Union have full Freedom and Intercourse of Trade and Navigation...
Article VI uses just "United Kingdom"!
That all parts of the United Kingdom for ever from and after the Union shall have the same Allowances Encouragements and Drawbacks and be under the same prohibitions restrictions and regulations of Trade and
Note that although "United Kingdom" is not made part of the country's official name in 1707, the phrase appears several times in the Act that combined England and Wales with Scotland, and the writers of the 1800 Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland would have been informed by the older Act it was replacing.
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