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2 unusual facts about Torquil


Torquil

Scandinavian variants of the Torkel include: the Norwegian and Swedish Torkil, Thorkel; the Norwegian Torkjell; the Faroese Torkil; and the Danish Torkil, Torkild.

Charles Torquil de Montalt Fraser, (born 1960), an English High Sheriff of West Sussex, England.


Old Rory

In 1541, Roderick took for his second wife, the widowed Barbara Stewart from Orkney, daughter of Andrew, Lord Avondale, and by this lady had a son, likewise named Torquil, and surnamed Oighre (the Heir, to distinguish him from the disowned Torcuil).

Tim Hadcock-Mackay

Hadcock-Mackay owned Barnby Moor Hall, near Retford, Nottinghamshire, where he lived with his partner Torquil Mackenzie Buist.


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