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DOWDESWELL, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Dowdeswell DCL, Bushley, Worcs., Prebendary of Worcester, and Anne, dau. of Edward Colles, Leigh, Worcs.; bapt. Bushley, Worcs. 31 Jan 1654/5 (IGI); adm.; KS 1670; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1674, matr. 3 Jul 1674, aged 17, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1674 - void 1681; BA 1678; MA 11 Mar 1680/1; ordained; Rector of Kingham, Oxfordshire, from 1680; lic. to m. 15 Apr 1682 Ann, only child of Bernard Gibbard, St. Martin’s in the Fields, citizen and haberdasher; d. 1711.

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.

DOWDESWELL, WILLIAM, son of William Dowdeswell (adm. 1730, qv); b. 27 Feb 1760; adm. 19 Jan 1770; in school lists 1775; adm. Inner Temple year 1779/80; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 6 May 1780; Lieut. and Capt. 4 May 1785; Capt. and Lieut. -Col. , 8 Feb 1794; Col. (brevet) 25 Jun 1797; Lieut. -Col, 60th Foot 18 Jan 1798; 86th Foot, 24 Feb 1803; Major-Gen. , 25 Sep 1803; Lieut. -Gen. , 25 Jul 1810; Gen. , 19 Jul 1821; MP Tewkesbury 19 Mar 1792 - Nov 1797; served in Netherlands 1793; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Bahama Islands 1797-1801; went out to Madras 1802 as private secretary to Lord William Cavendish-Bentinck (qv); served in Mahratta War 1804-5; Commander-in-Chief, India 1807, but soon afterwards compelled to return to England on health grounds; retired from active service 1811 on inheriting Pull Court estate; a famous collector of engravings and one of the first to make a speciality of grangerising; FSA 24 Dec 1795; d. unm. 1 Dec 1828. DNB.

DOWDESWELL, WILLIAM, elder son of John Edmund Dowdeswell (qv); b. 8 Oct 1804; adm. 12 Jun 1816 (Packharness'); left 1822; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Oct 1822; BA 1826; MA 1829; of Pull Court, Worcestershire; MP (Cons) Tewkesbury 1835-47; DL Worcestershire, JP 1831, High Sheriff 1855; JP Gloucestershire; m. 19 Mar 1839 Amelia Letitia, youngest dau. of Robert Graham, Cossington House, Somerset; d. 6 Feb 1887.

DOWDESWELL, WILLIAM, son of William Dowdeswell (KS 1670, qv); b.; adm.; QS 1703; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1707, matr. 17 Jun 1707, aged 19, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1707 -void 1712; BA 1711; MA 1714; ordained deacon 23 Dec 1711, priest 3 Feb 1711/2 (both Winchester); Rector of Kingham, Oxfordshire from 1711/2; m.; d. 1750.

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]

Dowling, James Douglas Hamilton, son of James Dowling of Brixton and Aidina Ilta, d. of Capt. Claude Douglas-Hamilton IA; b. 12 Mar. 1903; adm. May 1917 (H), later (R); left Dec. 1919; man. dir. James Dowling Ltd, engineers; m. 23 Aug. 1939 Violet, d. of Douglas Andrew Livesey of Southbourne, Hants; d. 24 Jan. 1990.

Dowling, John Michael, son of Sydney William Dowling, barrister-at-law, of Blackheath; b. 10 Oct. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); d. 4 Mar. 1934.