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    and diplomat Sir George Downing, after whom Downing Street in London is named. The third baronet left his estate to create Downing College, Cambridge. The...
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  • Places Downing Motor Company, which manufactured the Downing-Detroit cyclecar from 1913 to 1915 Downing College, Cambridge, UK Downing baronets, an extinct...
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  • George Downing may refer to: George Downing (politician) (1584–c. 1659), pioneer English settler in Ireland Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet (1623–1684)...
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    Garrard Downing, 4th Baronet MP (c. 1717 – 6 February 1764) was an English baronet and politician. He was the grandson of Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, namesake...
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  • Downing, 2nd Baronet (c. 1656 – June 1711) was a British civil servant. He was the son and heir of Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, for whom Downing Street...
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    minutes' walk from the Houses of Parliament. Downing Street was built in the 1680s by Sir George Downing. For more than three hundred years, it has held...
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    his will, he was the founder of Downing College, Cambridge. Downing was the only son of Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet, and his wife, Lady Catharine Cecil...
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    Brooklyn, as well as Downing Street, London. George Downing was born c. 1623 in Dublin, Ireland, eldest son of Emmanuel Downing, and his second wife,...
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    and Medicine. Downing has been named one of the two most eco-friendly Cambridge colleges. Upon the death of Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet in 1749, the...
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    all of his successors to quarter their arms with the Baronet's coat of arms and the Baroness Thatcher's coat of arms. Leigh Rayment's list of baronets...
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