Highlanders named common ragwort Stinking Billy after William Duke of Cumberland put down Bonnie Prince Charlies rebellion at the battle of Culloden 1746.
The English named the garden flower Sweet William in his honor.
William Wallace's da! Billy Twelvetrees!
Billy Slater
In St. Elmo's Fire, Billy's wife was played by actress Andie MacDowell.
Billy Burke did not appear in the series Fringe. He is an actor known for his roles in other shows such as Revolution and Zoo.
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Stinking Billy comes from the Irish Catholic hatred of Protestant Prince William of Orange (King William of England) a play on Sweet William.
In Scotland and Northern Ireland he is informally know as "King Billy"
his name was william avery bishop he got the name billy because it was a short form of william, they also called him bill
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Billy McNeill played 29 times for Scotland.
King William I (1027-1087) & King William II (1056-1100) of England were both Roman Catholic, however King William III of England and Ireland & William II of Scotland (1650-1702), referred to in Scotland and Northern Ireland as 'King Billy', was in fact Protestant. Born in The Hague* in the Netherlands, he was a member of the House of Orange-Nassau and a sovereign Prince of Orange. I hope this is the answer you were looking for. *The Hague at the time of William's birth was in the predominantly protestant North of the Netherlands.
Scotland
William Connolly's nickname is actually Billy, he is also called the The Big Yin ("The Big One")
Billy Meek was born in 1924, in Scotland, UK.
Billy MacKinnon was born in Glasgow, in Scotland, UK.
William 'Billy' Jones was born in 1884.
William 'Billy' Jones died in 1968.