Dowdeswell is a surname, and may refer to: Caroline Dowdeswell (born 1945), English television actress Colin Dowdeswell (born 1955), tennis player Elizabeth Dowdeswell (born 1944), Lieutenant Governor of the Canadian province of Ontario James Dowdeswell (born 1974), stand-up comedian and actor Louis Dowdeswell (born 1993), English jazz trumpeter Peter Dowdeswell (born 1940), English competitive eater Richard Dowdeswell (died 1673) (1601–1673), English politician Roger Dowdeswell (born 1944), tennis player from Zimbabwe, elder brother of Colin Dowdeswell William Dowdeswell (1682–1728), English politician William Dowdeswell (Chancellor) (1721–1775), British politician William Dowdeswell (British Army officer) (1760–1828), English politician William Edward Dowdeswell (1841–1893), English politician William Dowdeswell (1804–1870), English politician References English-language surnames