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DOWDESWELL, JOHN EDMUND, son of William Dowdeswell (adm. 1730, qv); b. 3 Mar 1772; adm. 14 Jun 1779; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Apr 1789, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1792 - void by marriage 17 Sep 1800; BA 1793; MA 1795; adm. Inner Temple year 1793/4, called to bar 6 May 1796, Bencher 1834, Treasurer 1842; Recorder of Tewkesbury 1798-1833; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 1806-20 (occurs in annual lists 1807-21); a Master in Chancery 8 Feb 1820-50; MP Tewkesbury 1812-32; inherited Pull Court estate 1828; m. 4 Sep 1800 Caroline, dau. of Charles G. Brietzcke, a Senior Clerk in the Treasury; d. 11 Nov 1851.

DOWDESWELL, JOHN MUNDY, eldest son of John Christopher Dowdeswell (qv); b. 8 Feb 1843; adm. (G) 27 Jan 1857; Cornet, 12th Lancers 11 Mar 1862; Lieut., 26 Jul 1864; Capt., 14 Aug 1867; retired 3 Aug 1872; m. 21 Aug 1875 Annie Rossmore, dau. of R. B. Williams, Buscot Park, Berkshire; d. 14 Jul 1893.

DOWDESWELL, THOMAS, eldest son of William Dowdeswell (adm. 1730, qv); b. 12 Jan 1754; adm. 12 Oct 1767; in school list Oct 1771; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jun 1772; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 22 Feb 1773; Lieut. and Capt. , 26 Apr 1776; retd. 17 Jun 1778; served in American War; of Pull Court, Worcestershire; blind from mid 1780s; m. 27 Sep 1798 Magdalena, second dau. of Adm. Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart. ; d. 11 Nov 1811.

DOWDESWELL, THOMAS, brother of William Dowdeswell (adm. 1730, qv) (IGI); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1736 (Wynniate's); KS 1738; buried 21 Jan 1741/2.

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, 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.