Downing Professor.

The Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge. This chair was founded in 1800 by Sir George Downing, Bart.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Dowling (Captain)
Down
Down in the Dumps
Down on Him (To be)
Down on his Luck
Down to the Ground
Down - hearted
Down Town
Down-trod
Downfall (A)
Downing Professor
Downing Street (London)
Downpour (A)
Downright
Downright Dunstable
Downstairs
Downy (The)
Downy Cove (A)
Dowsabell
Dowse on the Chops (A)
Doxy