D'Oyly

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, Lower Normandy, France.

List of persons with the surname

• Nigel D'Oyly, Lord of Oxford Castle and Wallingford Castle
• Robert D'Oyly (Osney), founder of Osney Abbey
• Robert D'Oyly, founder of Oxford Castle and High Sheriff of Berkshire
• Sir John D'Oyly, 6th Baronet of Shottisham was MP for Ipswich 1790–1796

See also

• D'Oyly baronets, a number of British baronetcies
• D'Oyly Carte (disambiguation)
• Mr. Doiley, supposed inventor of the doily
• 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, for which "d'Oyly" became Cockney rhyming slang through the rhyming of "d'Oyly Carte" with "fart" and subsequent omission of the second portion "Carte"

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