Downing baronets

The Downing Baronetcy, of East Hatley in the County of Cambridge, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 1 July 1663 for the Anglo-Irish soldier, statesman and diplomat Sir George Downing, after whom Downing Street in London is named. The third baronet left his estate to create Downing College, Cambridge.[1][2]

Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet

The third and fourth Baronets represented Dunwich in Parliament. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1764.

Downing baronets, of East Hatley (1663)

• Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet (c. 1625–1684)[3]
• Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet (c. 1656–1711)[3]
• Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet (1685–1749)[3]
• Sir Jacob Garrard Downing, 4th Baronet (c. 1717–1764)[3]

Arms

Downing College heraldic shield

The arms of the Downing baronets—Barry of eights, argent and vert, over all a gryphon rampant or[2]—were adopted by Downing College.[4]

References

1. Complete Baronetage: English, Irish and Scottish, 1649-1664. W. Pollard & Company, Limited. 1903. pp. 279–280. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
2. Burke, John; Burke, Sir Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. J. R. Smith. pp. 163–164. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
3. Muskett, Joseph James (1900). Suffolk Manorial Families, Being the County Visitations and Other Pedigrees. W. Pollard. p. 99. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
4. Stevens, Horace William Pettit (1899). Downing College. F.E. Robinson. p. 249. Retrieved 13 June 2017.