D'Oyly or Doiley is an English-language surname. It originates from the Norman French name d'Ouilly, from the place-name
Ouilly in
Calvados
Calvados (, , ) is a brandy from Normandy in France, made from apples or pears, or from apples with pears.
History In France
Apple orchards and brewers are mentioned as far back as the 8th century by Charlemagne. The first known record of Norm ...
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Lower Normandy
Lower Normandy (french: Basse-Normandie, ; nrf, Basse-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, Lower and Upper Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy.
Geography
The region included three departme ...
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France
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D'Oyly Family Crest and History
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List of persons with the surname
*Nigel D'Oyly
Nigel D'Oyly was an 11th- and 12th-century nobleman of England and, in 1120, the Lord of Oxford Castle, and briefly the Lord of Wallingford Castle.
Biography
He was son of Walter D'Oyly and younger brother of Robert D'Oyly, follower of William th ...
, Lord of Oxford Castle and Wallingford Castle
*Robert D'Oyly (Osney)
Robert D'Oyly was a 12th-century English nobleman, son of Nigel D'Oyly, and nephew of Robert D'Oyly, founder of Oxford Castle.
Robert married Edith Forne, daughter of Lord Greystoke, who had been King Henry I of England's concubine, in 1120. The ...
, founder of Osney Abbey
*Robert D'Oyly
Robert D'Oyly (also spelt Robert D'Oyley de Liseaux, Robert Doyley, Robert de Oiley, Robèrt d'Oilly, Robert D'Oyley and Roberti De Oilgi) was a Norman nobleman who accompanied William the Conqueror on the Norman conquest, his invasion of Engla ...
, founder of Oxford Castle and High Sheriff of Berkshire
*Sir John D'Oyly, 6th Baronet
Sir John Hadley D'Oyly, 6th Baronet (January 1754, Ipswich – 5 January 1818, Kolkata) was a politician in Great Britain. He primarily inherited debt when his father died when he was ten, but through family connections had a successful care ...
of Shottisham was MP for Ipswich 1790–1796
See also
*D'Oyly baronets
Three baronetcies were created for persons with the surname D'Oyly, two in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2008.
The D'Oyly Baronetcy, of Shottisham in the County of Nor ...
, a number of British baronetcies
* D'Oyly Carte (disambiguation)
*Mr. Doiley, supposed inventor of the doily
A doily (also doiley, doilie, doyly, doyley) is an ornamental mat, typically made of paper or fabric, and variously used for protecting surfaces or binding flowers, in food service presentation, or as a head covering or clothing ornamentatio ...
* Ysmeria Doyley, mother of Lakan Dula, Rajah Suleiman and Rajah Matanda of the Philippine royal family
* George D'Oyly Snow, schoolmaster and Bishop
* Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, British naval officer in the First World War and the Second World War
* Thomas D'Oyly Snow, British General in the First World War
*Flatulence
Flatulence, in humans, is the expulsion of gas from the intestines via the anus, commonly referred to as farting. "Flatus" is the medical word for gas generated in the stomach or bowels. A proportion of intestinal gas may be swallowed environm ...
, for which "d'Oyly" became Cockney rhyming slang
Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language. It is especially prevalent among Cockneys in England, and was first used in the early 19th century in the East End of London; hence its alternative name, Cockney rhymin ...
through the rhyming of "d'Oyly Carte" with "fart" and subsequent omission of the second portion "Carte"
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