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1 day ago · The College was founded by Sir George Downing, 3rd Bart. (16841749), of Gamlingay Park, who directed in his will dated 1717 that should his legatees die without issue trust property was to be used to found a College in Cambridge to be called "Downing's College".
5 days ago · On 20 December 1717 Sir George Downing devised his property to four cousins in succession, and their issue; failing this, it was to be used for founding a college in Cambridge. Lady Downing died in 1734, Sir George in 1749; his cousin and heir Sir Jacob Garrard Downing, 4th and last baronet, who had survived all other possible devisees, died in ...
4 days ago · One of the most influential of early Newtonians was Richard Laughton, a very successful tutor of Clare, who both published a sheet of questions on the Newtonian teaching and, as proctor, actively promoted disputations founded upon it.
4 days ago · Colleges. The oldest colleges are University College, Balliol, and Merton, established between 1249 and 1264, although there is some dispute over the exact order and precisely when each began teaching. The fourth oldest college is Exeter, founded in 1314, and the fifth is Oriel, founded in 1326.
Jun 28, 2024 · This painting of Downing was created by me for Downing College and is intended to capture the uplifting feeling as you walk into College. I was an undergraduate at Downing reading Law but in 2017 I switched to becoming a full-time professional artist.
Jul 1, 2024 · His grandson of the same name, who died in 1749, was the founder of Downing College, Cambridge. The title became extinct in 1764, upon the decease of Sir John Gerrard Downing, the last heir-male of the family.
2 days ago · From 1977, Griffin studied history, then law, at Downing College, Cambridge. His affiliation with the National Front was revealed during a Cambridge Union debate, and his photograph was published in a student newspaper. He later founded the Young National Front Student organisation.
