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Since 1922, the United Kingdom has been made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland ( variously described as a country, [1] province, [2] [3] [4] jurisdiction [5] or region [6] [7] ). The UK Prime Minister 's website has used the phrase "countries within a country" to ...
The Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 formally absorbed Wales into the kingdom of England and completed its division into 13 counties on the English model. Contemporary lists after that sometimes included Monmouthshire as a 40th English county, on account of its assizes being included in the Oxford circuit rather than one of the Welsh circuits .
His Majesty's Government (abbreviated to HM Government, and commonly known as the Government of the United Kingdom) is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. [2] [3] The government is led by the prime minister (currently Rishi Sunak, since 25 October 2022) who selects all the other ministers ...
Background. After about 500 AD, England comprised seven Anglo-Saxon territories— Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex and Wessex —often referred to as the heptarchy. The boundaries of some of these, which later unified as the Kingdom of England, roughly coincide with those of modern regions.
England, formerly a kingdom and independent country, united with Scotland to form what would eventually become the UK (Wales was treated as part of England at that time). England is in a unique and controversial position of being a political entity within the UK and as of 2015 having no self-governance .
Cornwall (unitary) Isles of Scilly (sui generis unitary) Cornwall ( / ˈkɔːrnwɔːl, - wəl /; [4] Cornish: Kernow; Cornish pronunciation: [ˈkɛrnɔʊ]; or [ˈkɛrnɔ] [5]) is a ceremonial county in South West England. [6] It is recognised by Cornish and Celtic political groups as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish ...
Peerage of England. Die Peerage of England ist ein System von Adelstiteln und umfasst alle Peer -Würden, die im Königreich England vor dem Act of Union 1707 geschaffen wurden. In diesem Jahr wurden die Peerage of England und die Peerage of Scotland durch die Peerage of Great Britain ersetzt. Bis zur Verabschiedung des House of Lords Act 1999 ...
