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

Milton Abbey.

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:

He married Ebba Harline d'Iberville Le Moyne Whyte in 1911.[1]

Death

He died on 26 February 1925.[1][2]

References

  1. 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
  2. 1 2 Andrew St George, ‘Hambro, Sir Everard Alexander (1842–1925)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, first published 2004
  3. Youssef Cassis, City Bankers: 1890–1914, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 42
  4. Bakhtiar Dadabhoy, Barons of Banking, Random House India, 2013
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