Everard Hambro
| Everard Hambro | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 April 1842 |
| Died | 26 February 1925 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Spouse(s) |
Gertrude Mary Stuart Ebba Harline d'Iberville Le Moyne Whyte |
| Children |
Charles Eric Hambro Harold Everard Hambro Angus Valdemar Hambro Violet Mary Hambro Ronald Olaf Hambro |
| Parent(s) |
Carl Joachim Hambro Caroline Gostenhofer |
| Relatives |
Calmer Hambro (paternal great-grandfather) Joseph Hambro (paternal grandfather) |
Sir Everard Alexander Hambro KCVO (11 April 1842 – 26 February 1925) was a British banker and philanthropist.
Early life
Everard Hambro was born 11 April 1842 in Willesden, London.[1][2] His father, Carl Joachim Hambro, was a Danish immigrant who founded the Hambros Bank in London in 1839.[1] His paternal grandfather, Joseph Hambro, was a Danish banker and political advisor. His paternal great-grandfather, Calmer Hambro, was a Danish merchant and banker.
He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge.[1]
Career
Hambro started his career at the family business, Hambros Bank, in 1869.[1]
He served on the Board of Directors of the Bank of England from 1879 to 1925.[1] He helped save Barings Bank in 1891.[3] He was a co-founder of the Central Bank of India in 1911.[4]
Personal life
He was married twice. He married Gertrude Mary Stuart in 1866.[1] They resided at Milton Abbey in Milton, Dorset.[1] They had four children:
- Sir Charles Eric Hambro.[1]
- Lt.-Col. Harold Everard Hambro.[1]
- Angus Valdemar Hambro.[1]
- Violet Mary Hambro.[1]
- Ronald Olaf Hambro.[1]
He married Ebba Harline d'Iberville Le Moyne Whyte in 1911.[1]
Death
He died on 26 February 1925.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage, 1999, vol. 1, p. 1277
- 1 2 Andrew St George, ‘Hambro, Sir Everard Alexander (1842–1925)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, first published 2004
- ↑ Youssef Cassis, City Bankers: 1890–1914, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 42
- ↑ Bakhtiar Dadabhoy, Barons of Banking, Random House India, 2013