William Dowdeswell (18 October 1804[1] or 10th November 1804 [2]– 5 February 1870[3] or 6 Feb 1887[4]) was a British Conservative Party politician from Gloucestershire
He was elected at the 1835 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the borough of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire,[5] having contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1832.[5] He was re-elected in 1837 and 1841, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1847 general election.[3]
He lived at Pull Court, near Bushley.[6] His son William Edward Dowdeswell was an MP from 1865 to 1876.[6] His father John Dowdeswell was an MP from 1812 to 1832.[7]
References
edit- ↑ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62282/records/4332383367
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1351/records/5009464?tid=190365144&pid=382736976248&hid=1049250334073&_phsrc=EKi20&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true
- 1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62282/records/4332383367
- 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 303. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- 1 2 Mair, Robert Henry (1870). Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870. London: Dean & Son. p. 84.
- ↑ "DOWDESWELL, John Edmund (1772-1851), of 7 Park Place, St. James's, Mdx. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Archived from the original on 26 April 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
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