Baron Dowding

Baron Dowding, of Bentley Priory in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

[1] It was created on 5 July 1943 for the noted air commander Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding.

As of 2010[update] the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1992.

The heir presumptive is the present holder's only brother the Honourable Mark Dennis James Dowding (b.

1949) The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his only son Alexander Dowding (b.