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Downing Street is the street in Westminster , London , which has been the official residence for 200 years of two of the most senior British Cabinet Ministers, the First Lord of the Treasury , an office held by the Prime Minister , and the Second Lord of the Treasury, an office held by the Chancellor of the Exchequer . The most famous address in Downing Street is 10 Downing Street , the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury - and thus, in modern times, the residence of the Prime Minister, sin
Downing Street is located in Whitehall in central London, a few minutes' walk from the Houses of Parliament and on the edge of Horse Guards Parade and St. James's Park . The street was built by and named after Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet ( 1632 - 1689 ). Downing was a soldier and diplomat who served under Oliver Cromwell and King Charles II . In the service of the King he was rewarded with the plot of land adjoining St. James's Park upon which Downing Street now stands. The Prime Minister , the Chancell
Throughout the history of the houses, ministers have lived by agreement in whatever rooms they thought appropriate. On some occasions Number 11 has been occupied not by the Chancellor of the Exchequer but by the individual considered to be the nominal deputy Prime Minister(whether or not they actually take the title)-this was particularly common in coalition governments. Sometimes a minister will only use their Downing Street flat for formal occasions and otherwise live elsewhere.