Downing, Sir George, (?1623-1684), Baron Downing, 1st Baronet Soldier and Politician

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Surname:	Downing
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	George
Gender:	Male
Date:	?1623-1684
Title:	Baron Downing
History:	Soldier & politician. Served Cromwell & Charles II. Headed movement for offering crown to Cromwell. Member of Parliament during Commonwealth & after Restoration for Edinburgh, Carlisle & Haddington & Morpeth. Baronet, 1663. Resident in The Hague 1671-72
Biography:	ODNB link for Downing, Sir George (1623-1684) 1st Baronet Soldier and Politician
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P274929 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P162542 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir George Downing

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1644-82: corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 22919-20
2	1661-62: letters to Sir Edward Nicholas	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg MSS 2537-38 passim
3	1664-67: letters to Sir William Temple	Oxford University: All Souls College		See Paul Morgan, Oxford libraries outside the Bodleian 1980