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    George Downing, 1st Baronet, who served both Cromwell and Charles II and built 10 Downing Street (a door formerly from Number 10 is in use in the college),...
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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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    as Number 10 Downing Street. Despite its size and convenient location near to Parliament, few early prime ministers lived at 10 Downing Street. Costly...
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  • This is a list of masters of Downing College, Cambridge. The head of Downing College, Cambridge is termed the "Master". Downing was founded as a result of...
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  • The chair was founded in 1800 as a bequest of Sir George Downing, the founder of Downing College, Cambridge. The original electors were the Archbishop of...
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    31 colleges, founded between the 13th and 20th centuries. No colleges were founded between 1596 (Sidney Sussex College) and 1800 (Downing College), which...
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    Kenneth Downing Jr. (born 27 October 1951) is an English guitarist and a founding member of the heavy metal bands Judas Priest and KK's Priest. Downing was...
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  • of Sir George Downing, the founder of Downing College, Cambridge. The professorship was originally attached solely to Downing College (although the Professor...
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  • Look up downing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Downing may refer to: Downing, Missouri, US, a city Downing, Wisconsin, US, a village Downing Park (Newburgh...
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  • Christopher Harborne (category Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge)
    December 1962. He was educated at Westminster School and is a graduate of Downing College, University of Cambridge, from where he received the degrees of MA...
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  • Amol Rajan (category Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge)
    School in Tooting and graduated with a 2.1 Degree in English from Downing College, Cambridge, where he contributed to Varsity. He was editor of the student...
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    Troy Downing (born March 4, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving as the Montana state auditor. Prior to the 2020 election, Downing worked...
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    "Will" Downing (born November 29, 1963) is an American R&B, soul, neo soul, and jazz singer and songwriter. He has released 22 studio albums. Downing was...
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  • This is a list of Honorary Fellows of Downing College, Cambridge. Aitzaz Ahsan Keith Ajegbo Michael Apted Dame Janet Baker Martin Baker Farmida Bi Sir...
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    Thandiwe Newton (category Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge)
    December 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013. "Downing alumna Thandie Newton wins BAFTA award". Dow.Cam.ac.uk. Downing College. Archived from the original on 22 January...
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  • John Hopkins (legal scholar) (category Fellows of Downing College, Cambridge)
    English legal academic known for developing Downing College's reputation for law. He was a Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge and an Honorary Fellow of Hughes...
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    acquired for future development. William Wilkins, the architect of Downing College, Cambridge, and the National Gallery in London, was appointed principal...
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    Downing College Boat Club (or DCBC) is the rowing club for members of Downing College, Cambridge. Downing men have not been below the top 9 boats for...
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  • George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (category Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge)
    Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet), and was educated at Eton College and Downing College, Cambridge, where he earned an MA degree in History. St Andrews...
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    evangelical faith. His design for the 1992 Maitland Robinson Library at Downing College, Cambridge, won the Building of the Year Award in 1994. One of his...
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    donation in 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...
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    Retrieved February 14, 2020. "Downing College - Association Newsletter and College Record 2006" (PDF). Downing College Cambridge. Archived (PDF) from...
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  • Dharshini David (category Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge)
    Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich, South London, and read Economics at Downing College, Cambridge. She has also worked for independent think tank Oxford Economic...
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    namesake of Downing Street; and cousin and heir of Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet, whose Gamlingay estate would eventually establish Downing College, Cambridge...
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  • Simon Tisdall (category Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge)
    From 1971 to 1974, he studied history, politics and philosophy at Downing College, Cambridge. He joined The Guardian in 1979. From 1989–94, he was the...
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    Andy Hamilton (category Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge)
    was then a voluntary aided grammar school and later read English at Downing College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge University Light...
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    Porters' Lodge Staff Archived 9 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Downing College, Cambridge. "A working life: the university porter | Work & careers...
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    Graham Virgo (category Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge)
    of English Private Law at the University of Cambridge and Master of Downing College, Cambridge. He is frequently cited in the English courts and those...
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  • David Holbrook (category Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge)
    writer, poet and academic. From 1989 he was an Emeritus Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge. David Holbrook was born in Norwich in 1923. He was educated...
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  • Derek Robinson (novelist) (category Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge)
    "Derek Robinson". IMDb. Retrieved 28 August 2018. "Downing Record 2002" (PDF). Downing College, University of Cambridge. 2002. p. 24. Archived from...
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