son of Richard William Dowse and his wife Catherine Mackay Dowse, then of 9, Montague Street, Dublin.
He was baptised at St. Peter's Church, Aungier Street, Dublin, on 17 April 1884.

In the 1901 census, the Dowse family were living at 3, Harcourt Street, Dublin.
The family consisted of
Richard William Dowse, aged 51, M.A., TCD, a University Tutor, born in Dublin,
Catherine Dowse, his wife, aged 43, born in Newry, Co. Down,
They had 13 children, ranging in age from 19 to 1.
Amy, aged 19, [b. 1 Dec. 1878]
Gerald, aged 18, a Organist, undergraduate at R.U.I, [b. 31 Aug. 1882]
Herbert, aged 17, a Merchant's Clerk [Agricultural Implements], [b. 28 Feb. 1884]
Edmund, aged 16, a Merchant's Clerk [Sugar], [b. 22 July 1885]
Marie, aged 14, a Scholar, [b. 27 Mar. 1887]
Bertha, aged 12, a Scholar, [b. 1 Oct. 1888]
Lilian, aged 11, a Scholar, [3 Jan. 1890]
Arthur, aged 9, a Scholar, [8 May 1891]
Hilda, aged 8, a Scholar, [b. 2 Aug. 1892]
Frederic, aged 6, a Scholar, [b. 26 Mar. 1895]
Nora, aged 4, [b. 30 Oct. 1896]
Rosalind, aged 3,
Rupert, aged 1, [b. 10 July 1899]

All were noted as being born in the City of Dublin. All of the children were baptised at St. Peter's Church, Aungier St, Dublin.

Their father Richard ran "a University Crammer" on the premises, which then concentrated on enabling his pupils to pass the university entrance examinations.



Herbert Dowse married Florence Anne Andrews in 1908.

In the 1911 census, the Dowse family lived at 47, Percy Place, Dublin.
Present were,
Herbert Dowse, aged 29, a clerk in a Fire Insurance company, born in Dublin.
Florence Annie, his wife, aged 27, born in Dublin County.
Stella, their daughter, aged 2, born in Dublin city.
They had been married 3 years and had 1 child.
Frederick Andrews, father-in-law, aged 72, a master painter, born in Dublin.
Anna Andrews, mother-in-law, aged 70, born in Dublin.
3 boarders were also present.
They lived in a 6 roomed house.


His son Arthur Patrick Dowse, who was an RAF pilot, died in WW2.

His son Herbert Richard Dowse, who was an RAF pilot, died in WW2.



Death Notice.
Published in The Irish Times, Monday 27 January 1969.

DOWSE - January 26, 1969 (peacefully) at St. Brendan's Hospital, Herbert (The Baron) (aged 84 years) husband of the late Florence Anne (nee Andrews), loved father of Stella and the late Paddy and Dick. Funeral private. No flowers or letters, please



Further notes.
The grave of his Dowse parents is in Mount Jerome.
That of the Andrews in-laws, and other members of the family have not yet been found.
Richard William Dowse died on 24 Dec. 1919, at 4, Clanwilliam Place, Dublin.
Catherine Dowse died in Sept. 1938.
Frederick Andrews died in 1918.


his sisters,

Eleanor, of 3 Harcourt Street, daughter of Richard William Dowse, a Tutor, married John Robert Roberts, a draughtsman, of 7 Agincourt Avenue, Ormeau Road, Belfast, son of John Roberts, a Builder, at St. Peter's Church, Dublin, on 24 December 1900.

Marie [27 Mar.1887 - 1968] married William Egbert Trimble [24 July 1882-10 Feb. 1967] in Dublin in 1914 [details later]
William E. Trimble was the owner/editor of "The Impartial Reporter" newspaper, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.

Bertha, married Louis William Warner, of Sylhet, India [now in Bangladesh], son of J.F. Warner, of 19 Cambridge Road, Rathmines, on 20 October 1915, at St. Peter's Church.