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George Downame (also Downham) (1560–1634) was a Doctor of Divinity Lord Bishop of Derry chaplain to James I and King James VI and a brother of John Downame.George Downame was born at Chester where his father William Downham was the bishop. He studied at Cambridge and was elected fellow of Christ’s College in 1585. Later he was appointed professor of logic and granted the D.D. degree. In 1616 he became bishop of Derry. He died after a long preaching ministry.