Delevingne

Delevingne is a surname of Old French origin. De le vigne was the surname of an 11th-century noble family from Tournai, Belgium, where they possessed the right of minting by the year 1156.

The courtesan Doris Delevingne, whose father Edward Charles Delevingne owned a haberdashery shop which also sold French goods, lied that she was descended from the noble Flemish family: but in reality she had ‘lowly origins and place’. She was the grand-aunt of models Poppy Delevingne and Cara Delevingne.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the Belgian family features a silver shield with a red diagonal cross. Above the shield is a crowned helmet, and the crest on top is a pair of silver wings.

"ARMES: D'argent au sautoir de gueules. Heaume couronné. Cimier: un vol d'argent." - p.272. Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, Volume 22

Notable people

Notable people with the surname include:

• Sir Malcolm Delevingne (1868–1950), British civil servant
• Doris Castlerosse (née Delevingne) (1900–1942), British courtesan
• Angela Delevingne (later Greenwood) (1912–2014), British aristocrat and socialite
• Lionel Delevingne, French-American photojournalist
• Charles Delevingne (born 1949), British property developer, father of models Cara and Poppy
• Poppy Delevingne (born 1986), British model and actress
• Cara Delevingne (born 1992), British model, actress, and musician

See also

• de le Vingne
• Delavigne
• Lavine

References

Surname list

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