United Kingdom

United Kingdom
Type	Country
Location	Europe

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, commonly known as the U.K. or Britain is a sovereign state, consisting of a group of islands off the northwest coast of Europe, made up of the historic countries of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom.

Inspector Thomas Brackenreid hails from Britain and serviced in Her Majesty's Army. As of Season 9, Dr. Grace lives and practices in England.

Canada (since 1763), is part of the British Empire at the time of Murdoch Mysteries. The British Empire comprises the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom.

History

On 1 May 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain came into being, the result of Acts of Union being passed by the parliaments of England and Scotland to ratify the 1706 Treaty of Union and so unite the two kingdoms. In the early 19th century, the British-led Industrial Revolution began to transform the country.

As a consequence of various conflicts between the British and French, the United Kingdom gained and lost territories within British North America until it was left, in the late 18th century, with what mostly geographically comprises Canada in Murdoch's time and today.

In 1800-1801, The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merged into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she adopted the additional title of Empress of India.

King Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert6 May 1910 — 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

British Rule

The British Empire comprised the Dominions, Crown colony colonies, Protectorates, League of Nations mandates and other Dependent territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.  At the peak of its power, the phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets" was often used to describe the British Empire, because its expanse around the globe meant that the sun was always shining on at least one of its territories.

Social reform and home rule for Ireland were important domestic issues after 1900. The Labour Party emerged from an alliance of trade unions and small Socialist groups in 1900, and suffragettes campaigned for women's right to vote before 1914.

British

British people, or Britons, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown dependencies, and their descendants. The complex history of the formation of the United Kingdom created a "particular sense of nationhood and belonging" in Great Britain and Ireland; Britishness became "superimposed on much older identities", of English, Scots, Welsh, Irish and Cornish cultures, whose distinctiveness still resists notions of a homogenized British identity.

Appearances and Mention

Child's Play (mention)

• First mentioned: a suspect having a British accent.

The Rebel and the Prince (mention)

The Annoying Red Planet (mention)

• The British War Office received information about a French operative.

Mild Mild West (mention)

• "England" is mentioned for the first time.

Snakes and Ladders (mention)

Big Murderer on Campus (mention)

• Samuel Bennett arrived from England recently.

Let Us Ask the Maiden (mention)

• The old generation of Jews from England.

Anything You Can Do... (mention)

• British Columbia is mentioned for the first time.

The Murdoch Identity

• This episode takes place in London, England.

Me, Myself and Murdoch (mention)

In the Altogether (mention)

• Swansea, England

Kommando (mention)

Dead End Street (mention)

Bloodlust (mention)

The Kissing Bandit (mention)

• The "dye discharger" is based on a new British technology called the Little Nipper.

War on Terror (mention)

• British Foreign Office

Stroll on the Wild Side (Part 1) (mention)

• Tattooing has become something of a fad in England among the aristocracy.

Winston's Lost Night (mention)

• Rule, Britannia

Trivia

• The words "United Kingdom" and "Britain" are never uttered during the first five seasons of Murdoch Mysteries.