And Sir George Downing was in the first graduating class of Harvard University in 1642. His aunt was Lucy Winthrop, wife of the governor of Massachusetts. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DOWNING] Re: David Downing...10 Downing St? > > > In a message dated 23/08/2005 14:39:10 GMT Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > To go as an ordinary person he gave 10 Downing to the British Govenment. > > > > Sorry - this is nonsense! 10 Downing Street has been in the ownership of the > government for over 250 years. See: > > _http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page22.asp_ > (http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page22.asp) > > in which you will see that a Sir George Downing acquired the lease of the > land in 1682, and named the street, and the first Prime Minister moved in, in > 1735. > > Adrian, Hants, England > > > ==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe in list mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to > [email protected] To unsubscribe in digest mode send a > message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to DOWNING-D- > [email protected]

Clarification, Lucy Winthrop was my G--G grandmother and was the sister of John Winthrop. She married Emanuel Downing and the mother of Sir George Downing - not his aunt. G Jordan >From: "Ted Bird" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [DOWNING] Re: David Downing...10 Downing St? >Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:16:38 -0400 > >And Sir George Downing was in the first graduating class of Harvard >University in 1642. His aunt was Lucy Winthrop, wife of the governor of >Massachusetts. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 10:03 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [DOWNING] Re: David Downing...10 Downing St? > > > > > > In a message dated 23/08/2005 14:39:10 GMT Standard Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > To go as an ordinary person he gave 10 Downing to the British >Govenment. > > > > > > > > Sorry - this is nonsense! 10 Downing Street has been in the ownership of >the > > government for over 250 years. See: > > > > _http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page22.asp_ > > (http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page22.asp) > > > > in which you will see that a Sir George Downing acquired the lease of >the > > land in 1682, and named the street, and the first Prime Minister moved >in, >in > > 1735. > > > > Adrian, Hants, England > > > > > > ==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe in list mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the >subject >to > > [email protected] To unsubscribe in digest mode send a > > message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to DOWNING-D- > > [email protected] > > > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe in list mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject >to [email protected] To unsubscribe in digest mode send a >message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to [email protected] >