Dowdeswell (surname) explained

Dowdeswell is a surname,^[1] and may refer to:

• Caroline Dowdeswell (born 1945), English television actress
• Colin Dowdeswell (born 1955), tennis player
• Elizabeth Dowdeswell (born 1944), Lieutenant Governor of the Canadian province of Ontario
• James Dowdeswell (born 1974), stand-up comedian and actor
• Louis Dowdeswell (born 1993), English jazz trumpeter
• Peter Dowdeswell (born 1940), English competitive eater
• Richard Dowdeswell (died 1673) (1601–1673), English politician
• Roger Dowdeswell (born 1944), tennis player from Zimbabwe, elder brother of Colin Dowdeswell
• William Dowdeswell (1682–1728), English politician
• William Dowdeswell (Chancellor) (1721–1775), British politician
• William Dowdeswell (British Army officer) (1760–1828), English politician
• William Edward Dowdeswell (1841–1893), English politician
• William Dowdeswell (1804–1870), English politician

Notes and References

1. Book: Browne. W.A.F.. Reaney. P.H.. Wilson. R.M.. Scull. A.. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Routledge. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. 1991. 978-0-415-05737-0. 26 August 2018. 960.