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The name derived from Carte's mother's grandmother, Elizabeth D'Oyly, who came from a line of country squires in Suffolk; they are thought to have been descended from the Norman Barons D'Oyly who fought under William the Conqueror at Hastings, although this cannot be conclusively proved.[5] A rumour circulated, beginning in the 1880s, that "Richard D'Oyly Carte" was an assumed name.[6] There is no truth in it: his birth registration (Q2 Apr–May–Jun 1844) shows his birth name as Richard D'Oyly Carte. The misinformation was repeated in A Gilbert and Sullivan Dictionary (1936, OCLC917800614) and has been reproduced in subsequent publications.[7]
For instance, books by Alan Jefferson (1984, OCLC830678914, p. 18 and Diana Bell (1989, OCLC1288393289, p. 31