Dowdeswell (surname)
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
- Peter Dowdeswell (born 1940), English competitive eater
- James Dowdeswell (born 1974), stand-up comedian and actor
- 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
References[]
- ^ Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 960. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
Categories:
- Surnames
- English-language surnames