William Dowdeswell (politician, born 1804)
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William Dowdeswell (October 1804 – 5 February 1870)[1] 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,[2]having contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1832.[2]He was re-elected in 1837 and 1841, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1847 general election.[1]
He lived at Pull Court, near Bushley.[3]His son William Edward Dowdeswell was an MP from 1865 to 1876.[3]