A Doctor who lived in Richmond. Gave a collection of insects including 789 beetles to the NHM in October 1843 (43.57). A note in the Accessions volume states 'These were collected by Dr Dowler himself the localities are indicated by the heads of the pins: ‘without wax' - Polish Ukraine; 'black wax' - Odessa; 'dark green wax' - Tyrol; 'yellow wax' - Switzerland; 'orange wax' - Italy; 'light blue wax' - England'. (MD 9/02)

Gave 23 Coleoptera from Queensland to the NHM in 1903 (1903.243). (MD 9/02)

Thanked by G.E.Bodkin ‘Notes on the Coleoptera of British Guiana’ EMM., 55, 1919, p.210. Perhaps this is the Captain Dowding who gave 6 Coleoptera from Ecuador to the NHM in 1893 (93.71). (MD 9/02)

Gave 21 Coleoptera which he had collected on the isle of Elephanta, E. Africa, c.1880 to Sunderland Museum on 21 March 1882. Other material labelled 'Earl of Durham' in this museum may also have been collected by him. (MD 9/02)

Gave 17 Coleoptera which he had collected in S. Italy to the NHM in 1891 (91-66) and a further 24 beetles from the Cyclades in the following year (92.65). (MD 9/02)

Chalmers-Hunt (1976) p.139 records that a collection of British Coleoptera bearing this name was sold at Stevens auction rooms on 29 July 1902. (MD 9/02)

Mentioned by Johnson and Halbert (1902) p.543. (MD 9/02)

Gave 34 Coleoptera which he had collected as a member of the Clark Expedition to North and West China to the NHM in 1910 (1910.332). Douglas received various awards for bravery including the VC. (MD 9/02)

Published 'Creophilus maxillosus v. ciliaris Steph. in Ireland’ in EMM., 27, 1891, p.305. (MD 9/02)