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D'Oyly Family
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 (other) *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 Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language. It is especially prevalent among Cockneys in England, and was first use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouilly (other) , an ornamental table mat supposedly invented by a Mr Doiley
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Ouilly is an element in several place-names in Calvados, Lower Normandy, France: * Ouilly-le-Vicomte * Ouilly-le-Tesson * Ouilly-du-Houley * Pont-d'Ouilly d'Ouilly is the origin of the English surnames d'Oyly and Doiley: * The D'Oyly baronets, a number of British baronetcies. * Richard D'Oyly Carte, Victorian theatrical impresario This surname is further given to: * D'Oyly Carte Island, an island in the River Thames, England. * The doily A doily (also doiley, doilie, doyly, or 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 clothing ornamentation, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvados (department)
Calvados (, , ) is a department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the Normandy coast. In 2019, it had a population of 694,905.Populations légales 2019: 14 Calvados , INSEE History Calvados is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790, in application of the law of 22 December 1789. It had been part of the former province of . The name "Orne-Infér ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Normandy
Lower Normandy (, ; ) 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 departments, Calvados, Manche and Orne, that cover the part of Normandy traditionally termed "Lower Normandy" lying west of the river Dives, the Pays d'Auge (except a small part remaining in Upper Normandy), a small part of the Pays d'Ouche (the main part remaining in Upper Normandy), the Norman Perche, and part of the "French" Perche. It covers 10,857 km2, 3.2 percent of the surface area of France.(Northcutt, 1996, p. 181) The traditional districts of Lower Normandy include the Cotentin Peninsula and La Hague, the Campagne de Caen, the Norman Bocage, the Bessin, and the Avranchin. History :''Regions relating to Lower Normandy: Gallia Lugdunensis, Neustria, and Normandy.'' The traditional province of Normandy, with an integral history reaching back to the 10th century, was div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the son of Walter D'Oyly and the younger brother of Robert D'Oyly, a follower of William the Conqueror and founder of Oxford Castle. At some point between 1086 and 1094, D'Oyly was granted possession of two mills on the west side of Grandpont by Abbot Columbanus of Oxford; however, by 1109, the mills were recorded as having been reconfirmed to the abbey.''Victoria County History of Oxford Volume IV'' by Alan Crossley, 1969 D'Oyly married Agnes and left two sons, Robert D'Oyly the younger, the eldest son, who succeeded as Lord High Constable and Baron of Hocknorton and Fulk, buried at Eynesham in 1126. In 1120, King Henry I of England caused Edith Forne, his concubine, to marry Robert. As a marriage portion, he gave her the Manor of Claydon, Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (, abbreviated ''Bucks'') is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 marriage also meant Robert became Lord of the Manor of Cleydon.''Victoria County History of Oxford Volume IV'' by Alan Crossley, 1969 In 1129, he was persuaded by his wife to build the Church of St Mary, in the Isle of Osney, near Oxford Castle, for the use of Augustine Monks—this was to become Osney Abbey. By 1141 Robert had inherited his father's position of Lord of Oxford Castle and Baron Hocknorton and it was he that declared his support for Empress Matilda against King Stephen, giving her protection in Oxford between 1141 and the winter of 1142. It is because of this action that Stephen came to Oxford and besieged the castle for three months, burning the city down in the process. Matilda supposedly escaped by dressing in whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 England. He died in 1091. Background Robert was the son of Walter D'Oyly and elder brother to Nigel D'Oyly. D'Oyly is a Norman French name, from the place name Ouilly near Lisieux in pays d'Auge, present Calvados ''département'' in Normandy. He married Ealdgyth, the daughter of Wigod, the Saxon lord of Wallingford. After Wigod's death, William appointed Robert the lord of Wallingford, and ordered him to fortify Wallingford Castle between 1067 and 1071. It is believed he may have become the third High Sheriff of Berkshire around this time. He was made Baron Hocknorton. D'Oyly was a sworn brother-in-arms of Roger d'Ivry. The Domesday Book records that by 1086 D'Oyly and d'Ivry held a number of manors either partitioned between the tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John D'Oyly, 6th Baronet
Sir John Hadley D'Oyly, 6th Baronet (January 1754, Ipswich – 5 January 1818, Calcutta, Bengal, British India) 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 career with the East India Company. Returning to Ipswich a wealthy man, he settled his fathers debts and aligned himself with the Ipswich Yellow Party. He served as the MP for the town for several years in the 1790s. He returned to India in 1803 where he lived until his death in 1818. Early life His father, Hadley D'Oyly, was rector of Wotton and Felixstowe. His mother was Henrietta Maynard Osborne, daughter of Reverend Henry Osborne, the Vicar of Thaxted, Essex. His father died when John was ten years old, only leaving debt as a legacy. His mother educated him herself until through the influence of Charles Bunbury, John entered the service of the East India Company (EIC) in 1769 as a "writer", i.e. a junior clerical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Oyly Baronets
Three baronetcies were created for persons with the surname D'Oyly (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 Shotesham, Shottisham in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 July 1663 for Sir William D'Oyly, 1st Baronet, William D'Oyly, a supporter of the Royalist cause in the English Civil War, Civil War and Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency), Great Yarmouth and Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency), Norfolk. The D'Oyly family was descended from Robert Ouilly (other), d'Ouilly, who came over to England with William I of England, William the Conqueror. An ancestor of the first Baronet, Sir Henry D'Oyly (died 1564), was Sheriff of Suffolk. The second Baronet was a Teller of the Receipt of the Exchequer, Teller of the Exchequer. The sixth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Ipswich (UK Parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Oyly Carte (other)
D'Oyly Carte may refer to any of the following: People * Richard D'Oyly Carte, Victorian theatrical impresario and hotelier *Rupert D'Oyly Carte Rupert D'Oyly Carte (; 3 November 1876 – 12 September 1948) was an English hotelier, theatre owner and impresario, best known as proprietor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and Savoy Hotel from 1913 to 1948. Son of the impresario and hotelie ..., Richard's son, English hotelier and proprietor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company * Helen Carte * Bridget D'Oyly Carte, Rupert's daughter, English hotelier and proprietor of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Other uses * D'Oyly Carte Opera Company * D'Oyly Carte Island in the River Thames, England, UK See also * Gilbert and Sullivan * Savoy Hotel * Savoy Theatre * * D'Oyly * Carte (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doily
A doily (also doiley, doilie, doyly, or 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 clothing ornamentation, as well as a head covering for Jewish women and Christian women. It is characterized by openwork, which allows the surface of the underlying object to show through. Doilies can be constructed in a variety of techniques, and the doily motif can also be represented in atypical non-textile formats. Etymology Doiley was a 17th-century London draper, who made popular "a woolen stuff, 'at once cheap and genteel', introduced for summer wear in the latter part of the 17th c." At the time, it was used as an adjective, as in "doily stuffs" or "doily suit". Later, usage shifted to refer to "a small ornamental napkin used at dessert", known as a "doily-napkin". Usage Headcovering The doily is worn as a headcovering for Jewish women as an alternative t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George D'Oyly Snow
George D'Oyly Snow (1903–1977) was a British schoolmaster and Anglican clergyman, who later served for a decade as the fifth Bishop of Whitby. Education and career Snow was educated at Winchester College and Oriel College, Oxford. Snow became an assistant master at Eton College (towards the end of which time he was ordained).Crockford's clerical directory, (London, Church House 1995) After Eton he became Chaplain of Charterhouse, and then Headmaster of Ardingly College (1947–1961). He was appointed Prebendary of Chichester Cathedral in 1959. ”Who was Who 1897–1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 In 1961, he was consecrated a bishop and appointed Bishop of Whitby, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of York. Snow was a prolific author: amongst others he wrote ''A Guide to Prayer'' (1932), ''A School Service Book'' (1936), ''Into His Presence'' (1946), ''The Public School in the New Age'' (1959), and ''Forth in His Name'' (1964). He continued in retirement to cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
