Delevingne
Delevingne is a surname of Old French origin.[2] De le vigne was the surname of an 11th-century noble family from Tournai, Belgium,[3] where they possessed the right of minting by the year 1156.[4]
The courtesan Doris Delevingne,[5] whose father Edward Charles Delevingne owned a haberdashery shop which also sold French goods,[6] lied that she was descended from the noble Flemish family:[5] but in reality she had ‘lowly origins and place’.[6] She was the grand-aunt of models Poppy Delevingne and Cara Delevingne.[7]
Coat of arms
[edit]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 [4]
Notable people
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Boziere, Ame Francʹois Joseph (1859). Armorial de Tournai et du Tournaisis. Getty Research Institute. Tournai.
- ↑ "de le Vingne", Wiktionnaire, le dictionnaire libre (in French), 2020-11-05, retrieved 2024-02-21
- ↑ Cacamp, François de (1969). Recherches sur les de le Vingne à Tournai depuis le XIe siècle (in French). Tradition & vie.
- 1 2 Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique (in French). Decq. 1871. p. 272.
- 1 2 "Doris Delevingne: The Constant Courtesan". The Mitford Society. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- 1 2 "'Doris Delevingne: The Mistress of Mayfair', by Lyndsy Spence". The History Press. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
- ↑ "Portrait of Society Beauty Viscountess Castlerosse – Cara Delevingne's Great Aunt – For Sale at Christie's". February 2026.
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