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.D'Oyly Family Crest and History
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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