Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Dowson, William
Dowson, William, s. John, of Greystoke, Cumberland, pleb. Queen's Coll., matric. 22 Oct., 1765, aged 17, B.A. 1770, M.A. 1773; St. Edmund Hall, B. & D.D. 1787, principal 1787, until his death, 10 Jan., 1800.