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
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