Sir George Downing: Quick Facts


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Born 1623 • Dublin • Ireland
Died July 1684 (aged 61) • Cambridgeshire • England

Sir Francis Walsingham
Sir Francis Walsingham
English statesman
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury
English politician [1621–1683]
Richard Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick
Richard Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick
English soldier and diplomat
Sir William Temple, detail of a painting attributed to Peter Lely, 1660; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir William Temple, Baronet
English statesman
Sir Thomas Roe, detail of an oil painting after M.J. Miereveldt, c. 1640; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Thomas Roe
English diplomat and author
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Lionel Cranfield, 1st earl of Middlesex
English government official
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Sir Nicholas Throckmorton
English diplomat
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Peter Des Roches
English diplomat
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Bulstrode Whitelocke
English lawyer
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Sir William Penn
British admiral
Baron Cottington, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Francis Cottington, Baron Cottington
English official and diplomat
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Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet
English poet and translator