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DOWDESWELL, WILLIAM EDWARD, eldest son of William Dowdeswell (adm. 1816, qv); b. 13 Jun 1841; adm. 7 Jun 1855; left (with Triplett) Whitsun 1859; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Jun 1859; MP (Cons) Tewkesbury 1865 - Mar 1866, West Worcestershire Mar 1866 - Jun 1876; of Pull Court, Worcestershire; DL Worcestershire, JP 1863; m. 2 Jan 1869 Emily, second dau. of Sir Thomas George Augustus Parkyns, Bart.; d. 12 Jul 1893.

DOWDESWELL, WILLIAM, elder son of William Dowdeswell MP, Pull Court, Bushley, Worcs., and his second wife Anne, sister of James Hammond (qv); stepson of Noel Broxholme (qv); b. 12 Mar 1721; adm. (aged 9) Mar 1730; left 1736; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Apr 1737; Leyden Univ. 1745; Grand Tour 1746-7 (said to have travelled in Italy, Sicily and Greece)[but Greece seems a little unlikely : check]; of Pull Court, Worcestershire; MP Tewkesbury 1747-54, Worcestershire from 1761; one of the leaders of the Rockingham Whig party in the House of Commons; Chancellor of the Exchequer 13 Jul 1765 - Jul 1766; Privy Councillor 10 Jul 1765; declined to remain in office under Chatham; carried a motion for the reduction of the land tax against the government Jan 1767; a leading opposition politician until his health broke down in 1774; described by Burke as “a senator for twenty years, a minister for one, a virtuous citizen for his whole life”; Busby Trustee from 16 Mar 1769; m. 15 Nov 1747 Bridget, sister of Sir William Codrington, Bart. (qv); d. at Nice 6 Feb 1775. DNB.

Dowding, Michael Frederick, son of Guy Francis Dowding, consulting engineer, of Barnes, and Frances Constance, d. of Frederick Bragger, civil servant, of Chelsea; b. 19 Nov. 1918; adm. Sept. 1932 (KS); left July 1937; Magd. Coll. Camb., matric. 1937, BA 1941, MA 1946; RA 1939- 46 (Major), despatches (NW Europe) Apr. 1946; AMIMechE 1949, MIMechE 1952, FIMechE 1960, FIM 1986; successively sales dir., chief engineer and man. dir. Davy Corpn 1946-72; chairman Davy International Ltd 1964-72; chairman Michael Dowding Associates, consulting engineers, 1972-; Cdr Knights of Finnish Lion (1st class) 1969; CBE 1973; Pres. Metals Society 1978-9; dir. N. M. Rothschild International 1979-85; m. 15 Mar. 1947 Rosemary, d. of Somerville Hastings MS FRCS MP; d. 8 Feb. 1991.

DOWDING, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Dowding, Tonbridge, Kent; b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1758; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1763, matr. 9 Jun 1763, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1763 - void 1767; BA 1767. [Perhaps Ensign, 62nd Foot 24 Apr 1764; Lieut., 8 Jun 1768 – still in Army List 1773]

DOWDING, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Dowding, Worcester, hop merchant; b.; adm. 1 Apr 1784; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Mar 1787, aged 16; adm. Middle Temple 28 Jan 1789, called to bar 12 Apr 1799; of Laugherne House, Martley, Worcs.; m. 6 Jan 1810 ---, sister of William Hanning (qv); d. 23 Aug 1827. [will William Dowding, merchant, Worcester, proved PCC 10 Sep 1796]

DOWNES, JOHN, second son of Rev. John Downes, Rector of St. Michael’s, Wood Street, London, and Anne, dau. of Henry Balguy, Derwent Hall, Derbs.; b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1749; KS 1753; Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 4 Jul 1757; BA 1761; ordained deacon 1761, priest (London) 14 Dec 1762; Curate, Teddington, Middlesex 1761-2, Titsey, Surrey 1766-75; Rector of Tatsfield (?Thames Ditton), Surrey, from 20 Mar 1766; assistant minister (freehold), Sheffield Parish Church 1766-74; living in Sheffield 1793; m. 5 Apr 1762 Sarah Elizabeth Sparrow; d. 3 Aug 1816.

DOWNING, RICHARD, son of Abraham Downing, St. Clement Danes, London, Serjeant Skinner to Charles II, and Ann, dau. of Rev. William Preme, Rector of Ditton, Kent; b. 10 Dec 1655; adm. 2 Apr 1668 (MS Diary of Mrs Abraham Downing, formerly in possession of H. D. Nicholson (qv)); left 28 Sep 1671; apprenticed to --- Maning, Clerk in Chancery, 25 Mar 1673; a Clerk in Chancery, sworn 26 Oct 1687; m. 17 Jan 1688 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Foster, Kt., Fosters, near Egham, Surrey; d. 23 Mar 1716.

DRAKE, E.; adm. 1803; in school list Oct 1803.

DRAKE, JAMES, son of James Drake MD FRS FRCP, London, a vigorous Tory pamphleteer; b.; adm.; in under school list 1715; KS (aged 14) 1718; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Jul 1720, matr. 1720; MD 1728; practised medicine at Salisbury; d. 12 Mar 1736.

DRAKE, WILLIAM, second surviving son of Francis Drake FRS FSA, York, surgeon, author of Eboracum, and Mary, third dau. of George Woodyear, Crook Hill, near Doncaster, Yorks.; bapt. 10 Jan 1722/3; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1732; left 1741; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Mar 1740/1; BA 1744 (incorp. Cambridge 1770); Christ’s Coll. Camb., adm. 17 May 1770; MA 1770; an Usher at the School in 1747; travelling tutor in Italy 1750-1; Head Master of Felsted School, Essex 1750-77; ordained; Rector of Layer Marney, Essex 1 Dec 1764-77; Vicar of Isleworth, Middlesex, from 13 Dec 1777; FSA 29 Mar 1770; a contributor to Archaeologia; m. his cousin Mary, dau. of Rev. Nathaniel Drake, Canon of Lincoln [described as “Canon in Lincoln Cathedral” (FMG 1162)]; d. 13 May 1801. DNB. [But note that no Rev. Nathaniel Drake was Canon Residentiary or Prebendary of Lincoln : was he a Minor Canon ?].