William Edward Dowdeswell (13 June 1841 – 12 July 1893) was an English

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politician who sat in the

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between 1865 and 1876. Dowdeswell was the son of William Dowdeswell of Pull Court and his wife Amelia Letitia Graham daughter of Robert Graham of Cossington Hall, Somerset. His father was MP for Tewkesbury from 1835 to 1842. He was educated at

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and at

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. He was a J.P. for Worcestershire, and captain of Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
/ref> At the 1865 general election Dowdeswell was elected

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for

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which he held until March 1866. In 1866 he was elected MP for West Worcestershire and held the seat until 1876.

Personal life and death

Dowdeswell married Emily Parkyns, daughter of Sir Thomas Parkyns, 6th Baronet in February 1869. Dowdeswell died on 12 July 1893; he was 52 years old.

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* 1841 births 1893 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Worcestershire Yeomanry officers People from Malvern Hills District {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1840s-stub