William Dowdeswell (politician, born 1804)

For other people named William Dowdeswell, see William Dowdeswell (disambiguation).

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]