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DOWDESWELL, EDMUND RICHARD, second son of William Dowdeswell (adm. 1816, qv); b. 14 Jan 1845; adm. (G) 27 Jan 1859; left Whitsun 1863; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1863; BA 1868; MA 1873; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1868, priest (Winchester) 1869; Curate, Newbury, Berks., 1868-70; Curate in charge, Bushley, near Tewkesbury, 1870-81, Vicar 1881-98; inherited Pull Court estate on death of his elder brother 1893; Hon. Canon, Worcester 1914; d. unm. 5 Jan 1915.

DOWDESWELL, EDWARD CHRISTOPHER, son of William Dowdeswell (adm. 1730, qv); b. ; adm. 17 Jun 1772; in school list Jul 1779; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Feb 1780, aged 15; BA 1783; MA 1787; BD 1795; DD 1799; Fellow, All Souls Coll. ; ordained; Perpetual Curate, Bushley, Worcs. , 29 May 1791 – 1809; Rector of Stanford Rivers, Essex from 3 Dec 1802; Rector of Langham, Essex 10 Aug 1807-29; Canon of Christ Church from 13 Feb 1808; twice mentioned in extracts from letters of Henry Mordaunt Clavering (qv), Elizabethan xi, 176, 186; d. unm. 1 Aug 1849.

DOWDESWELL, GEORGE EDWARD, youngest son of John Christopher Dowdeswell (qv); b. 10 May 1847; adm. (G) 24 Jan 1861; left Aug 1864; Cornet, 4th Dragoon Guards 22 Jul 1868; Lieut., 28 Oct 1871; d. unm. 28 Jan 1876.

DOWDESWELL, GEORGE, brother of William Dowdeswell (adm. 1730, qv); b. ; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1733; left 1738; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Dec 1738, Canoneer Student 22 Dec 1738 - void 26 Jun 1750, Radcliffe Travelling Fellow 1745; BA 1742; MA 1745; in Italy in Apr 1743; Leyden Univ. 1745; Univ. Coll. Oxford; MB and MD 1757; m. 11 Jul 1760 Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Buckle, Chaceley, Worcs. ; d. 20 May 1773.

DOWDESWELL, JOHN CHRISTOPHER, younger son of John Edmund Dowdeswell (qv); b. 10 Aug 1806; adm. 12 Jun 1816 (Packharness'); left 1822; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 May 1823; BA 1827; MA 1830; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 27 Jan 1832; Oxford Circuit; Recorder of Tewkesbury; m. 29 Aug 1833 Sophy, only dau. of Charles Godfrey Mundy, Burton Hall, near Loughborough, Leics.; d. 18 Sep 1850.

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.