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| Full name | Downing College | |||||||||
| Motto | Quaerere Verum Seek the truth | |||||||||
| Named after | Sir George Downing | |||||||||
| Previous names | - | |||||||||
| Established | 1800 | |||||||||
| Sister College | Lincoln College | |||||||||
| Master | Prof. Barry Everitt | |||||||||
| Location | http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/v3/drawmap.cgi?mp=main;xx=2048;yy=1157;mt=c;ms=150;ma=90;tl=Downing%20College' class='external' title="http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/v3/drawmap.cgi?mp=main;xx=2048;yy=1157;mt=c;ms=150;ma=90;tl=Downing College">Regent Street | |||||||||
| Undergraduates | 409 | |||||||||
| Graduates | 292 | |||||||||
| http://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/' class='external' title="http://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/">Homepage | http://dcbc.dow.cam.ac.uk/' class='external' title="http://dcbc.dow.cam.ac.uk/">Boatclub
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Downing College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
The college was founded in 1800 under the will of Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet with the wealth left by his grandfather, Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, who served both Cromwell and Charles II and built No. 10 Downing Street (a door formerly from Number 10 is in use in the college). He died in 1749, and as he had no direct issue (he was legally separated from his wife), the family fortune was left to his cousin, Sir Jacob Downing, if he died without heir, to three cousins in succession. If they all died without issue, the estates were to be used to found a college at Cambridge called Downing.
The Founder died in 1749 and Sir Jacob in 1764. As the other named heirs had also died, the college should have come into existence then but Sir Jacob's widow, Margaret, refused to give up the estates and the various relatives who were Sir George's legal heirs had to take costly and prolonged action in the Court of Chancery to compel her to do so. She died in 1778 but her second husband and the son of her sister continued to resist the heirs-at-laws' action until 1800 when the Court decided in favour of Sir George's will and George III granted Downing a Royal Charter.
The architect William Wilkins was tasked by the trustees of the Downing estate, who included the Master of Clare College and St John's College and the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, to design the plan for the college. Wilkins, a disciple of the neo-classical architectural style, designed the first wholly campus-based college plan in the world based on a magnificent entrance on Downing Street reaching back to form the largest quadrangle in Cambridge, extending to Lensfield Road. But this was not to be.
The estate was much reduced by the suit in Chancery, and the grand plans failed. Much of the north side of what was then the "Pembroke Leys" was sold to the University and is now home to scientific buildings, ("The Downing Site"). In fact, only limited East and West ranges were initially built, with the plans for a library and chapel on the south face of the college shelved.
The third side of the square was only completed in the 1950s with the building of the college chapel. Where the fourth side would have been is now a large paddock (known simply as "The Paddock"), with many trees.
The college is renowned for its strong Legal and Medical tradition, the former subject being built up by the late Professor Clive Parry and his pupil and successor John Hopkins (now an emeritus fellow). Legal notables who have been honorary fellows of the college include the late Sir John Smith , the pre-eminent criminal lawyer of his generation, and Sir Robert Jennings, former President of the International Court of JusticeThe International Court of Justice (known colloquially as the World Court is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Established in 1945, its main functions are to settle disputes submitted to it by states and to give advisory opinions on lega.
Downing students remain prominent in the University world; in the past few years Cambridge Union Presidents, Blues captains, Law and Economic Society Presidents and more have hailed from the college.
The college is also strong in the sports field, with its rugby team resident in the upper echelons of Division 1. The boat club is successful too, with the Women's first boat gaining Headship of the river in the 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co Lent BumpsA bumps race is a form of rowing race in which a number of boats are started a set distance apart and attempt to catch the boat in front. The form is mainly used at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. It is particularly suited to row.
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