Dowbiggin
Appearance
Dowbiggin is a surname derived from the historic locality of Dowbiggin in Sedbergh, England.[1][2]
Notable people with the surname Dowbiggin include:
- Bruce Dowbiggin, Canadian author and sports broadcaster
- Herbert Dowbiggin, the eighth British colonial Inspector General of Police of Ceylon
- Ian Dowbiggin (born 1952), Canadian historian
- Lancelot Dowbiggin (1685–1759), English architect
- Rebecca Dowbiggin (born 1983), British rower
References
[edit]- ^ "Surname Database: Dowbiggin Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ Patrick Hanks; Richard Coates; Peter McClure (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 757. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9.