Editing Downing College, Cambridge

{{short description|College of the University of Cambridge}}
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{{Infobox residential college
| university     = [[University of Cambridge]]
| name           = Downing College
| abbreviation   = DOW<ref>{{cite journal |author=University of Cambridge |author-link=University of Cambridge |date=6 March 2019 |title=Notice by the Editor |url=https://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2018-19/special/05/section1.shtml |journal=[[Cambridge University Reporter]] |volume=149 |issue=Special No 5 |pages=1 |access-date=20 March 2019 }}</ref>
| shield         = Downing Crest.svg
| shield_caption = Arms of Downing College
| blazon = ''Barry of eight argent and vert, a griffin segreant or within a bordure azure charged with eight roses of the first seeded and barbed proper.''
| image          = Downing College Chapel.jpg
| caption        = Downing College Chapel
| scarf          = {{Scarf/University of Cambridge| Downing}}
| full_name      = Downing College in the University of Cambridge
| latin_name     =
| latin_motto    = Quaerere Verum
| english_motto  = Seek the truth
| founder        = [[Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet|Sir George Downing]]
| named_for      =
| established    = {{start date and age|1800|09|22|df=yes}}
| previous_names =
| location       = [[Regent Street, Cambridge]] ([http://map.cam.ac.uk/Downing+College map])
| head_label     = Master
| head_link      = List of Masters of Downing College
| head           = [[Graham Virgo]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-02 |title=Downing welcomes Professor Graham Virgo KC (Hon) as the 19th Master |url=https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/news/downing-welcomes-professor-graham-virgo-kc-hon-19th-master |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Downing College Cambridge |language=en}}</ref>
| undergraduates = 493 (2022-23)
| graduates      = 455 (2022-23)
| sister_college = [[Lincoln College, Oxford]]
| homepage       = {{URL|http://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/}}
| jcr_label      = {{abbr|JCR|Junior Combination Room}}
| jcr            = {{URL|http://www.jcr.dow.cam.ac.uk/}}
| mcr_label      = {{abbr|MCR|Middle Combination Room}}
| mcr            = {{URL|https://downingmcr.soc.srcf.net/}}
| boat_club      = {{URL|http://www.downingboatclub.co.uk/}}
| endowment      = £70.7m {{small|(2022)}}<ref name="Downing College Financial Statement 22/23">{{cite web | url = https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/accounts_2022.pdf | title= Annual report and Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2022 | access-date = 26 May 2023 | publisher = Downing College, Cambridge}}</ref>
| coordinates    = {{Coord|52.2008|0.1248|region:GB_type:edu|display=title}}
| location_map   = United Kingdom Cambridge Central
| location_map2  = United Kingdom Cambridge
| visitor        = [[Image:1901 pattern Tudor Crown (2D).svg|15px|baseline]] [[The Crown]] ''[[ex officio]]''<ref>{{cite web
| author=Downing College, Cambridge
| title=Statutes
| date=11 March 2020
| website=dow.cam.ac.uk
| url=https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/dc_statutes_march_2020_update.pdf
| url-status=live
| access-date=2022-10-20
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'''Downing College''' is a [[Colleges of the University of Cambridge|constituent college]] of the [[University of Cambridge]] and currently has around 950 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to the university between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the oldest of the new colleges and the newest of the old.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/colleges/downing/|title=Downing College|access-date=2 September 2010|publisher=[[University of Cambridge]]}}</ref> Downing College was formed "for the encouragement of the study of Law and Medicine and of the cognate subjects of Moral and Natural Science", and has developed a reputation amongst Cambridge colleges for Law<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/features/15993|title=How a small society of Indian Cambridge students helped destroy the British Raj|last=Chappell|first=Peter|date=16 September 2018|work=Varsity|access-date=18 September 2018|quote=Downing admitted one third of all Indian students as the College's heavy focus on Law drew many applications from the Empire.}}</ref> and Medicine.

In 2012, Downing was named one of the two most eco-friendly Cambridge colleges.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/news/0016219-jesus-and-downing-named-greenest-cambridge-colleges.html | title=Jesus and Downing named 'greenest' Cambridge colleges| date=30 April 2012}}</ref>

== History ==

Upon the death of [[Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet]] in 1749, the wealth left by his grandfather, [[Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet]], who served both [[Oliver Cromwell|Cromwell]] and [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] and built [[10 Downing Street]] (a door formerly from Number 10 is in use in the college), was applied by his will. Under this will, as he had no direct issue (he was legally separated from his wife), the family fortune was left to his cousin, [[Sir Jacob Downing, 4th Baronet]], and 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.

Sir Jacob died in 1764, and as the other named heirs had also died, the college should have come into existence then, but [[Sir Jacob Downing, 4th Baronet|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-law's action until 1800 when the court decided in favour of Sir George's will and [[George III]] granted Downing a royal charter, marking the official foundation of the college.

==Buildings==
[[File:Maitland Robinson Library.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|The ''Maitland Robinson Library'' by [[Quinlan Terry]], completed in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qftarchitects.com/projects/pages/universities/maitlandrobinson.php|title=Quinlan Francis Terry Architects|access-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407065246/http://www.qftarchitects.com/projects/pages/universities/maitlandrobinson.php|archive-date=7 April 2014}}</ref>]]

The architect [[William Wilkins (architect)|William Wilkins]] was commissioned by the trustees of the Downing estate, who included the Master of [[Clare College, Cambridge|Clare College]] and [[St John's College, Cambridge|St John's College]] and the Archbishops of [[Archbishop of Canterbury|Canterbury]] and [[Archbishop of York|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, Cambridge|Downing Street]] reaching back to form the largest court 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.

[[File:Downing College, Cambridge, England - IMG 0610.JPG|thumb|right|Downing College Chapel (behind the portico), built in 1951]]
The third side of the square was only completed in 1951 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. Though not fully enclosed, the court formed before the Downing College is perhaps largest in [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] or [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] (a title contested with [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College's]] [[Trinity Great Court|Great Court]]).

The most recent building additions are the Howard Lodge accommodation, the Howard Building, and most recent of all the Howard Theatre which opened in 2010. These were sponsored by the [[Howard Foundation (UK)|Howard Foundation]], and are located behind the main court around their own small garden. These facilities are used for conference and businesses gatherings outside the student term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.downing-conferences-cambridge.co.uk/ |title=Downing College Conferences & Functions, Cambridge |publisher=Downing-conferences-cambridge.co.uk |access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref>

=== Heong Gallery ===

The Heong Gallery, opened in February 2016, is a modern and contemporary art gallery at Downing.  It is named for Alwyn Heong, an alumnus of the college, who is a supporter of the visual arts. The conversion of a stables building by [[Caruso St John]] won a [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] regional award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Heong Gallery, Downing College|url=https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/riba-regional-awards/riba-east-award-winners/2017/heong-gallery-downing-college|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref>

==Student life==

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. Downing has a particular reputation as the 'Law College'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.downingcambridge.com/previous_campaigns-hopkins_parry_appeal|title=Previous Campaigns – the Hopkins Parry Fellowship}}</ref>

''The Griffin'' has been the undergraduate student magazine for over 100 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://griffin.downingjcr.co.uk/|title=The Griffin|author=FaceJolt|access-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011082934/http://griffin.downingjcr.co.uk/|archive-date=11 October 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Downing College Boathouse - geograph.org.uk - 1633217.jpg|thumb|Downing College boathouse on the River Cam, it was rebuilt in 2000. Here a trailer of rowing boats is shown outside the building.]]

===Sport===

The college fields teams in a range of sports including, men's football, men's and women's rugby, tennis and [[Ultimate (sport)|ultimate]].

Downing College Rugby Union Football Club is one of Cambridge’s top teams, having secured victory in both the 2019 Cuppers and 2022 Shield competitions. The rise of Downing has also included a win in the Plate competition during the 2017/18 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Downing College Rugby Union Football Club |url=https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate-study/student-life/sport-societies/downing-college-rugby-union-football-club |website=Downing College Website}}</ref>

[[Downing College Boat Club]] is successful too, with the Women's first boat gaining [[Lent Bumps|Lents Headship]] of the river in 2004 and most recently in [[Lent Bumps 2020|2020]], and the Mays Headship in the 2014 and 2015 [[May Bumps]]. The men's first boat has held the headship several times in the 1980s and 1990s (for example in 1994 to 1996) while gaining the Mays headship in 1996
and the Lents Headship in 2014, on each occasion recognising the tradition of "burning the boat" (using an old wooden 8 oared boat), while the rowers of the winning boat jump the flames. They both currently hold positions at or near the top in both University bumps races [Lents and Mays].

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" mode="packed" heights="160px">
File:View towards East Range small3.jpg|East Range, Downing College, November 2006
File:The Paddock, Downing College - geograph.org.uk - 865853.jpg|The Paddock, the green space between the trees. The church on the skyline is on Lensfield Road.
File:Downing College, Cambridge - geograph.org.uk - 1061660.jpg|North east view of the lawns outside the chapel.
File:Howard Building, Downing College - Feb 2009.JPG|The Howard Building
File:J Block at Downing - geograph.org.uk - 434481.jpg|J Staircase accommodation
File:The Kenny building - geograph.org.uk - 434479.jpg|The Kenny Building
File:Sundial, Downing College, Cambridge, England - DSCF2191.JPG|A sundial commemorating the bicentenary of the college
File:Ai Weiwei Trees Downing College B.jpg|[[Ai Weiwei]] Trees, part of a 2016 exhibition at the Heong Gallery
File:Downing College Sports Ground in the snow - geograph.org.uk - 1654444.jpg|The college sports ground in the snow
</gallery>

==People associated with Downing==
{{further|List of Masters of Downing College, Cambridge}}

The college is renowned for its strong legal tradition, being built up by Clive Parry, his pupil and successor [[John Hopkins (fellow)|John Hopkins]] and [[Graham Virgo]]. Legal notables who have been honorary fellows of the college include the late Sir [[John Cyril Smith|John Smith]], the pre-eminent [[criminal law]]yer of his generation; [[Lord Collins of Mapesbury]], the first solicitor to be appointed to the Court of Appeal and [[House of Lords]]; and Sir [[Robert Yewdall Jennings|Robert Jennings]], former President of the [[International Court of Justice]].

===Notable alumni===

{{See also|Category:Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge}}

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File:John Cleese 2008 bigger crop.jpg|[[John Cleese]], actor and comedian
File:Methode sundaytimes prod web bin 4cfcb2aa-2407-11e6-8efa-9d4401b01310.jpg|[[Quentin Blake]] English cartoonist, illustrator and children's writer
File:William Philip Schreiner.jpg|[[William Philip Schreiner]], Prime Minister of the [[Cape Colony]] during the [[Second Boer War]]
File:MikeAtherton.jpg|[[Michael Atherton]] broadcaster, journalist and a former England international [[Cricket|cricketer]].
File:Thandie Newton by Gage Skidmore.jpg|[[Thandiwe Newton]], [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA award]]-winning actress
File:PSM V73 D096 Edwin Ray Lankester.jpg|[[Ray Lankester|Sir Ray Lankester]], invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist
File:John Pendry 2014c.jpg|[[John Pendry|Sir John Pendry]], theoretical physicist
File:David Lloyd Jones.JPG|[[David Lloyd Jones, Lord Lloyd-Jones]], Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]]
File:Michael Winner, 2010 (cropped).jpg|[[Michael Winner]], film director and producer
File:JLGreen.jpg|[[John Leslie Green]], [[Victoria Cross]] recipient
File:Aitzaz ahsan.jpg|[[Aitzaz Ahsan]], Pakistani politician
File:Andy Hamilton cropped.jpg|[[Andy Hamilton]], comedian
</gallery>

{{columns-list|colwidth=24em|
* [[Peter Ackroyd (Biblical scholar)|Peter Ackroyd]], Biblical scholar
* [[Michael Apted]], TV and film director and producer
* [[Mike Atherton]], England cricket player
* [[Martin Baker (organist)|Martin Baker]], Master of Music, [[Westminster Cathedral]]
* [[Richard Baker (British businessman, born 1962)|Richard Baker]], former CEO of [[Boots Group]]
* [[Richard Barbrook]], lecturer at [[University of Westminster]]
* [[Michael Baxandall]], art historian
* [[Farmida Bi]], lawyer
* [[Quentin Blake]], author and illustrator
* [[John Blofeld]], [[Taoism|Taoist]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] author
* [[Derek Bowett|Sir Derek Bowett]], international lawyer, former [[Whewell Professor of International Law]]
* [[Giles Brindley]], physiologist
* [[Frank Buttle]], priest and founder of two charities
* [[John Cardy]], physicist
* [[J. C. D. Clark]], historian
* [[John Cleese]], actor and comedian of [[Monty Python]] fame
* [[Geoffrey Cox (British politician)|Geoffrey Cox]] KC, barrister and Conservative MP
* [[Mark Cox (tennis)|Mark Cox]], tennis player
* [[Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury|Lawrence Collins]], judge
* [[Rob Crilly]], journalist and author
* [[Scott Davidson (academic)|Scott Davidson]], VC, Professor of Law
* [[Louise Dean (author)|Louise Dean]], author
* [[Terrance Dicks]], author, TV writer, script editor, producer
* [[Bernard Eder|Sir Bernard Eder]], High Court judge
* [[D. J. Enright]], poet
* [[Arnold Goodman]], lawyer
* [[Hari Singh Gour]], lawyer and jurist
* [[John Leslie Green]], VC
* [[Richard Gregory]], experimental psychologist (neuropsychology, visual perception), author of Eye and Brain (1966)
* [[Nick Griffin]], [[British National Party]] leader
* [[Andy Hamilton]], comedian, director and critic
* [[H. W. Harvey|Hildebrand Wolfe Harvey]], marine biologist
* [[Hamish Henderson]], Scots poet
* [[Philip Hobsbaum]], poet
* [[David Holbrook]], poet, author, critic
* [[Yong Pung How]], second [[Chief Justice of Singapore]]
* [[Howard Jacobson]], novelist
* [[Stan Kelly-Bootle]], pioneer computer scientist
* [[Martin Kemp (art historian)|Martin Kemp]], art historian
* [[Clive King]], author
* [[Ray Lankester]], zoologist<ref>{{Cite book| contribution = Lankester, Sir (Edwin) Ray (1847–1929)| year = 2004| title = Oxford Dictionary of National Biography| editor-last = Bowler| editor-first = Peter J.| publisher = Oxford University Press| contribution-url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34406}}</ref>
* Sir [[Frank Godbould Lee|Frank Lee]], civil servant, Master of [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|Corpus Christi College]]
* Sir [[Kim Lewison]], Lord Justice of Appeal
* [[Godfrey Lienhardt]], anthropologist
* [[Peter Lienhardt]], social anthropologist
* [[David Lister (Origami Historian)|David Lister]], Origami historian
* Lord [[David Lloyd Jones (judge)|David Lloyd Jones]], Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]]
* [[Malcolm MacDonald (music critic)|Malcolm MacDonald]], writer on music
* Sir [[Richard McCombe]], Lord Justice of Appeal
* [[Bernard Mayes]], journalist, professor and author
* [[Ed Mayo]], economist
* [[Wilfrid Mellers]], music critic and composer
* [[Karl Miller]], literary editor, critic and writer
* [[Mark Moore (Clifton College)|Mark Moore]], headmaster [[Clifton College]]
* [[George Mosse]], historian
* [[Henry Naylor]], comedian and playwright
* [[Michael Neubert]], British politician
* [[Thandiwe Newton]], actress
* [[Trevor Nunn]], theatre and film director
* [[Iain Overton]], investigative journalist
* [[Tim Parks]], novelist, university professor, translator
* [[Kathryn Parsons]], British tech entrepreneur, co-founder of Decoded
* [[Gordon Pask]], cybernetician
* [[Stuart Peach]], Air Chief Marshal and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
* [[John Pendry]], theoretical physicist
* [[John Penrose]], politician
* [[E.O.E. Pereira]], engineer
* [[Rubel Phillips]], lawyer and politician from [[Mississippi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/clarionledger/obituary.aspx?n=rubel-phillips&pid=152099370 |title=Rubel Phillips Obituary: View Rubel Phillips's Obituary by Clarion Ledger |publisher=Legacy.com |access-date=19 December 2011}}</ref>
* [[Justin Pollard]], historian, writer
* [[Victoria Prentis]] KC, Attorney General and Conservative MP
* [[Amol Rajan]], former editor, ''[[The Independent]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/clients/Amol-Rajan.htm|title=Amol Rajan|access-date=13 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819082436/http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/clients/Amol-Rajan.htm|archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref><ref>Josh Halliday [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/17/amol-rajan-independent-editor "Amol Rajan appointed as Independent editor"], ''The Guardian'', 17 June 2013</ref> journalist, broadcaster
* [[Brian Redhead]], author, journalist, broadcaster
* [[Gordon Reece]], journalist, TV producer, political strategist
* [[Derek Robinson (novelist)|Derek Robinson]], novelist, rugby official
* [[Graham Savage]], Education Officer for London County Council, influential advocate for comprehensive schools
* [[William Schreiner]], Prime Minister of the [[British Cape Colony|Cape Colony]] during the [[South African War]]
* [[Francis Terry (architect)|Francis Terry]], classicist and architect
* [[John Treherne]], Entomologist and author
* [[Dorothy Trump]], geneticist
* [[Leigh Turner]], diplomat
* [[Tom Udall]], [[United States Senator]] from [[New Mexico]]
* [[Rumi Verjee]], businessman and philanthropist
* [[Annabel Vernon]], world rowing champion
* [[Lord Wallace of Tankerness]], lawyer and politician; former Deputy First Minister of [[Scotland]]
* [[Arthur Watts (barrister)|Arthur Watts]], international lawyer, diplomat and arbitrator
* [[Richard Weber (mathematician)|Richard Weber]], mathematician
* [[Philip William Wheeldon]], [[Bishop of Whitby]] and [[Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman]]
* [[Caroline Wilson (diplomat)|Caroline Wilson]], diplomat
* [[Michael Winner]], film director and producer, restaurant critic}}

===Fellows===
{{main category|Fellows of Downing College, Cambridge}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Downing College, Cambridge}}
* [http://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/ Downing College website]
* [https://www.jcr.dow.cam.ac.uk/ Downing JCR (Junior Combination Room) website]
* [https://downingmcr.soc.srcf.net/ Downing MCR (Middle Combination Room) website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303003731/http://downingmcr.soc.srcf.net/ |date=3 March 2019 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150217151740/http://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/dow_server/association/index.html Downing College Alumni Association website]

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