William Dowdeswell (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General William Dowdeswell (27 February 1760 – 1 December 1828)[1] was a British soldier and politician from Worcestershire.

The third son of William Dowdeswell, he joined the army as a Lieutenant and Captain in the 1st Foot Guards in 1785.

[3] His family owned the Pull Court estate near Bushley in Worcestershire, and many of his ancestors had been MPs, including his father William Dowdeswell, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1785 to 1766.

He died unmarried in 1828, his estates, including Pull Court, passing to his younger brothers.

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