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- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet abstract "Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet, KB (baptized 24 October 1685 – 10 June 1749) was a politician and, through a donation in his will, the founder of Downing College, Cambridge.He was only son of Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet, and his wife, Lady Catherine Cecil, daughter of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury. His mother died in 1688, and, with his father considered an unsuitable parent, he was brought up in the family of his maternal aunt, the wife of Sir William Forester of Dothill Park, in Wellington, Shropshire. In 1700, aged 15, 'by procurement and persuasion of those in whose keeping he was', he married his 13-year-old cousin, Sir William's daughter, Mary, who ultimately died childless in 1734. Between his marriage and 1704 he travelled in Europe, mainly Holland, Germany, Denmark and Italy.He was a Member of Parliament for the pocket borough of Dunwich, Suffolk in the parliaments of 1710 and 1713. He lost the 1715 election but, with the aid of a 99-year lease from George I for the borough, regained the seat in 1722. He held the seat from that time until his death.He was an uninspiring politician, but remained loyal to the ministries of Robert Walpole and subsequently Henry Pelham. In 1732, as a result of his loyalty, he was created a Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath.Downing succeeded to his father's baronetcy and estates in 1711. Upon his own death, aged 63, in 1749, his title passed to his cousin, Sir Jacob Downing, 4th Baronet, with his will providing that if his line should die out, his fortune should be used to found a college at Cambridge University. Sir Jacob Downing died childless in 1764, but his widow, Lady Downing, argued that Downing's fortune should pass to her. This case was tied up in litigation for decades before the courts finally ordered that the fortune should be used to found a college at Cambridge, which occurred with the founding of Downing College, Cambridge in 1800.".
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- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet deathDate "1749".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet deathYear "1749".
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- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Long_(1679-1723).
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Daniel_Harvey_(British_Army_officer).
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Dictionary_of_National_Biography.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Downing_College,_Cambridge.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Dunwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
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- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Pelham.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink James_Cecil,_3rd_Earl_of_Salisbury.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink John_Macqueen_Ward.
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- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Parliaments_of_Great_Britain.
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- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Miles_Barne_(politician_born_1718).
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- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Richard_Richardson_(British_politician).
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Walpole.
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- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Sir_George_Downing,_2nd_Baronet.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Sir_Jacob_Downing,_4th_Baronet.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Sir_Orlando_Bridgeman,_2nd_Baronet.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Sir_Richard_Allin,_1st_Baronet.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Sir_Robert_Kemp,_3rd_Baronet.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Sir_Robert_Rich,_4th_Baronet.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Suffolk.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Wyndham_(of_Clearwell_Park).
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink University_of_Cambridge.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink Wellington,_Shropshire.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink William_Forester_(1655–1718).
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLink William_Morden.
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- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLinkText "George Downing".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLinkText "George".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sir George Downing".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sir George Downing, 3rd Bt.".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sir George Downing, Bt".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet after Charles_Long_(1679-1723).
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- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet after Sir_Robert_Rich,_4th_Baronet.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet before Charles_Long_(1679-1723).
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet before Daniel_Harvey_(British_Army_officer).
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet before Sir_Richard_Allin,_1st_Baronet.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet before Sir_Robert_Rich,_4th_Baronet.
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet dateOfBirth "1685".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet dateOfDeath "1749".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet name "Downing, George, 3rd Baronet".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet shortDescription "British politician".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet title "Member of Parliament for Dunwich".
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- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet with "Edward Vernon 1722".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet with "Jacob Garrard Downing 1741–47".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet with "John Sambrooke 1726–27".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet with "Miles Barne from 1747".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet with "Richard Richardson 1710–13".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet with "Sir John Ward 1722–26".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet with "Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Bt 1734–38".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet with "Sir Robert Kemp, Bt 1713–15".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet with "Thomas Wyndham 1727–34".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet with "William Morden 1738–41".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet years "1710".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet years "1722".
- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet description "British politician".
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- Sir_George_Downing,_3rd_Baronet subject Category:1685_births.