Delevingne was born Angela Margo Hamar Greenwood on 8 July 1912 in London to Hamar Greenwood, a Canadian-born British politician and lawyer, and Margery Spencer, an officer of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Chairwoman of the Women's Section of the Comrades of the Great War, and descendant of Robert Spear Hudson.
10 Facts About Angela Delevingne
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Angela Delevingne's mother was the daughter of Rev Walter Spencer of Fownhope Court in Herefordshire.
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Angela Delevingne was a niece of Muriel Emily Spencer Ashley, Lady Mount Temple and of Leo Amery.
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Angela Delevingne's father served as the last Chief Secretary of Ireland from 1920 to 1922, during which time she and her siblings were given police protection owing to fears about attacks from the Irish Republican Army.
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In 1937, when Angela Delevingne was twenty-five years old, her father was created Viscount Greenwood.
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Angela Delevingne was educated at Queen's Gate School and St Monica's, Walton Heath.
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Angela Delevingne sent a note over to her while she was dining with her parents at the Gloucester Hotel on the Isle of Wight.
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In 1937, against the wishes of her mother, she married Angela Delevingne, who had previously been married to Countess Felicia Gizycki, a daughter of Cissy Patterson.
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In 1938 Angela Delevingne was introduced to Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark while vacationing in Venice.
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Angela Delevingne was the grandmother of models Poppy Delevingne and Cara Delevingne.