Famous People with Name Dowell

Dowell Philip O'Reilly            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Dowell Philip O'Reilly: was an Australian poet, short story writer and politician.In 1894 O'Reilly was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly for Parramatta and sat for four years.[2] He moved the first motion in favour of women's suffrage carried in the New South Wales parliament, but was defeated at the 1898 election. He became a master at his old school, the Sydney Grammar School, and continued there for 11 years. In 1910 he again stood for Parramatta, this time as a Labor candidate with the encouragement of Billy Hughes, but was defeated, and shortly afterwards obtained a position in the Sydney land tax branch of the Commonwealth Treasury. In 1913, Hughes asked O'Reilly about the views of his brother-in-law, Albert Piddington, on states' rights. O'Reilly cabled Piddington to clarify this, and as a result of Piddington's reply, "In sympathy with supremacy of Commonwealth powers", Hughes appointed him to the Australian High Court. As a result of opposition to his appointment and his belief that he was compromised by the exchange of cables he resigned without sitting in court.[3][4]

Leonard Dowell            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Leonard Dowell: was a Scottish professional association football player. He played for Gillingham between 1927 and 1931.

Alastair McQueen Dowell            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Alastair McQueen Dowell: was a Scottish cricketer. Dowell was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. Dowell made his first-class debut for Scotland against Worcestershire in 1951. Dowell represented Scotland in 2 further first-class matches against Northamptonsh

William Dowell            Origin/Culture/Country: Welsh

William Dowell: was a Welsh international, dual-code rugby player who played rugby union for Newport and Pontypool and rugby league with Warrington RLFC. He won seven caps for the Wales rugby union team and after switching to league, played one match for the Wales league

Cassius Clay Dowell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cassius Clay Dowell: was a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa. He served from 1915 to his death in 1940, except for a two-year period in 1935-36 resulting from a 1934 election loss. From 1894 to 1898, Dowell served as member of the Iowa State House of Representatives. H

Hanson Taylor Dowell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hanson Taylor Dowell: was a Canadian educator, lawyer, judge and politician. He was closely associated with minor hockey throughout most of his life, and spent one term as president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. A member of the Progressive Conservative party, on June 7, 1960 he was elected as a Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the District of Annapolis East. He was appointed Judge of the County Court of District Number Three in the Province of Nova Scotia in 1963, Judge of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes of the Province of Nova Scotia in 1966, Local Judge of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in 1968 and served in those capacities until his retirement in 1981. He was also one of the founding members of the Western Counties Bar Association. He was involved in hockey for over 50 years at various levels - "Hanson Dowell made a major contribution to the development of hockey in Nova Scotia and throughout Canada. In 1935 he was an administrator with the Central Valley Hockey League and from there he moved up the executive ladder. He served four years as president of the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association and as vice-president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association for five years, becoming president from 1945 to 1947. For 12 years (1956-68) he was secretary-treasurer of the MAHA and served as treasurer from 1968-74. Dowell was the first person from Atlantic Canada to be elected president of the CAHA. Hanson Dowell was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame in 1980."