Sir George Downing

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Anglo-Irish person diplomat person politician

Sir George Downing was a 17th-century Anglo-Irish diplomat and politician after whom Downing Street in London is named.

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Label Occurrences
Sir George Downing canonical 3
Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet 2
Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Irish person ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
person ⓘ
politician ⓘ
allegiance English Commonwealth ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of England

Kingdom of England ⓘ
associatedWithPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Netherlands ⓘ
birthYear 1623 ⓘ
century 17th century ⓘ
child Sir George Downing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathYear 1684 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Harvard College
era Stuart period ⓘ
familyName Downing ⓘ
fieldOfWork diplomacy ⓘ
politics ⓘ
public finance ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
hasTitle 1st Baronet ⓘ
heritage English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced development of Whitehall area ⓘ
knownFor financial and administrative reforms ⓘ
negotiating with the Dutch Republic ⓘ
role in Anglo-Dutch relations ⓘ
legacy Downing Street in London named after him ⓘ
memberOf Parliament of England ⓘ
namesakeOf Downing Street ⓘ
notableFor Downing Street ⓘ
occupation civil servant ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn Anglo-Dutch Wars ⓘ
patronOf Downing College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dublin ⓘ
placeOfDeath CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge
positionHeld Member of Parliament ⓘ
ambassador to the Dutch Republic ⓘ
religion Puritanism ⓘ
residence Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Cambridgeshire

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
servedUnder Charles II of England ⓘ
Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
spouse Frances Howard, Countess of Essex ⓘ
surface form: Frances Howard
title baronet ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

11 Downing Street → builtFor → Sir George Downing ⓘ
Downing College, Cambridge → foundedBy → Sir George Downing ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet
Downing College, Cambridge → namedAfter → Sir George Downing ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet
Downing Street → namedAfter → Sir George Downing ⓘ
Downing Street → builtBy → Sir George Downing ⓘ
Sir George Downing → child → Sir George Downing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet