Malcolm Delevingne
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Malcolm Delevingne KCB KCVO |
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Delevingne in 1920
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| Born |
11 October 1868 Westminster, London |
| Died | 30 November 1950 (aged 82) West Kensington, London |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
| Occupation | civil servant |
Sir Malcolm Delevingne KCB KCVO (11 October 1868 – 30 November 1950) was a British civil servant who worked in the British Home Office from 1892 through his retirement in 1932. He was a significant influence on safety regulations in factories and mines, and was an original member of the League of Nations' Opium Advisory Committee.
Malcolm Delevingne was born in London, the second child of Ernest Thomas Shaw Delevingne and Hannah (née Gresswell). His father, a wine and liquor merchant, was born in Paris to British parents of French Huguenot descent.
His elder brother, Edgar, was a teacher at the City of London School for 40 years, while his younger brother, Walter, had his own distinguished career in the Indian Civil Service.
Malcolm was raised in the comfortable suburb of Ealing and was educated at the City of London School from 1877 and 1887. He read classics at Trinity College, Oxford, taking first-class honours in classical moderations in 1889 and in Literae Humaniores in 1891. He had strong religious convictions, privately held, which informed his public stance on worker's safety, narcotics and child welfare.
In 1892, at the age of 24, Delevingne passed the civil service exam for clerkships and took his first job at the Local Government Board. After a brief period, he transferred to the British Home Office. From 1894 to 1896, he served as Private Secretary to Home Secretary Sir Matthew Ridley, and continued to rise through the ranks of the Home Office.
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