Sir Jacob Garrard Downing, 4th Baronet was a British politician. He was the grandson of Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, namesake of Downing Street; and cousin and heir of Sir George Downing, 3rd Baro
Portrait of Downing by Henry Pickering
Lady Margaret Downing, portrait by Thomas Gainsborough
Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish statesman and diplomat who held office first under the Commonwealth of England, then Charles II. As Teller of the Exchequer, he carried out major ref
Sir Jacob Downing, 4th Baronet
…Sir Jacob Garrard Downing, 4th Baronet (c. 1717 – 6 February 1764) was a British politician. He was the grandson of Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, namesake of Downing Street; and cousin and heir of Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet, whose Gamlingay estate would eventually establish Downing College…
Possible portrait by Thomas Smith, c. 1675–1690
Downing Street, now Official residence of the Prime Minister, awarded to Downing in 1660
Downing was buried in a vault he had built in All Saints' Church, Croydon, Cambridgeshire