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About Frances Downing
- 'Genealogical gleanings in England (1901) Vol. 1
- http://www.archive.org/details/genealogicalglea01byuwate
- http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogicalglea01byuwate#page/35/mod...
- ' Sir George Downing of East Hatley, in the County of Cambridge, Knight and Baronet; 24 August, 1683, with codicil added 7 July, 1684; proved 19 July, 1684. My body to be interred in the vault which I have made uuder the chancel at Crawden, alias Croyden, in the county of Cambridge, by the body of my wife Frances. Son George Downing, Esq., and son William named. Houses in or near King Street, in the city of Westminster, lately called Hampden House, which I hold by long lease from the Crown, and Peacock Court there, which I hold by lease from the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster ; all which are now demolished and rebuilt, or rebuilding, and called Downing Street. To Edward Lord Viscount Morpeth and Sir Henry Pickering,* Baronet, my son-in-law, in trust, &c. Bequests to sons Charles and William Downing, and to three daughters, Lucy, Mary and Anne, at age of twenty-one years or day of marriage. The guardianship and custody of the persons of these three daughters entrusted to my dear daughter Frances Cotton. Bequests to daughter Cotton's children, Francis, John and Thomas, and to Elizabeth and Frances, the two daughters of my late daughter Pickering deceased ; also to nephew John Peters, niece Lucy Spicer, nephew Joshua Downing and Mr Edmond Woodroffe, one of my clerks in my office in the Exchequer. Hare, 139.
- * This Sir Henry Pickering was son and heir of Sir Henry Pickering of Whaddon, who was created a Baronet 2 January, 1660. He was of Barbados in 1695, and had two wives, Philadelphia, daughter of Sir George Downing, by whom he had two daughters, Mary and Anne (who both died without issue), and secondly, Grace, daughter of Constant Silvester, Esq. (See Reg. xxxvii. 385.) At his death, iu 1705, the title became extinct. (See Add. MS. 24493, British Museum.)— H. F. W.
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- 'Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet (1623 – July 1684) was an Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman, and diplomat. Downing Street in London is named after him. As Treasury Secretary .....
- He was the son of Emmanuel Downing, barrister, and of Lucy Winthrop, sister of Massachusetts Bay Governor John Winthrop. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. While Downing Street, London, is named after him, Downing College, Cambridge derives its name from his grandson, Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet. The title became extinct when Sir Jacob Downing, 4th Baronet, died in 1764. .....
- 'His marriage in 1654 with Frances, daughter of Sir William Howard of Naworth, and sister of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, aided his advancement. In Cromwell's parliament of 1654 he .....
- He died in July 1684 having acquired a substantial fortune and was considered to be the largest landowner in Cambridgeshire (critics claimed he amassed the fortune partly through his exceptional meanness about money). ...
- From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Downing,_1st_Baronet
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- 'Sir George Downing, 1st Bt.1
- M, #188921, b. circa 1624
- Last Edited=8 Jul 2011
- ' Sir George Downing, 1st Bt. was born circa 1624 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.2 He was the son of Emanuel Downing and Lucy Winthrop.2 He married Frances Howard in 1654.2
- He was created 1st Baronet Downing in 1663.
- 'Child of Sir George Downing, 1st Bt.
- 1.Frances Downing+3
- 'Child of Sir George Downing, 1st Bt. and Frances Howard
- 1.Lucy Downing1 b. c 1666, d. 9 Oct 1711
- Citations
- 1.[S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume IV, page 207. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
- 2.[S5430] Ryan Englund, "re: Downing Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 3 July 2011. Hereinafter cited as "re: Downing Family."
- 3.[S229] Burke John and John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England (1841, reprint; Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985), page 138. Hereinafter cited as Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England.
- From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p18893.htm#i188921
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Frances Downing's Timeline
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1625
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Haworth, Brampton, Cumberland, England (United Kingdom)
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Westminster, London, , England
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July 10, 1686
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Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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