Sir Everard Alexander Hambro KCVO (11 April 1842 – 26 February 1925) was a British banker and philanthropist.
Everard Hambro | |
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| Born | 11 April 1842 |
| Died | 26 February 1925 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Banker |
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| 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) |
Early life edit
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 edit
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] As a member of the Fowler Committee, Everard Hambro submitted a separate note proposing the setting up of a state bank in India along the lines of the Bank of England and Bank of France.[4][5]
Personal life edit
He was married twice. He married Gertrude Mary Stuart in 1866.[1] They resided at Milton Abbey in Milton, Dorset.[1] They had five children:
- Sir Charles Eric Hambro.[1]
- Lt.-Col. Harold Everard Hambro.[1]
- Angus Valdemar Hambro.[1]
- Violet Mary Hambro.[1]
- Ronald Olaf Hambro.[1]
Violet married Everard Martin Smith and her elder son was Eric Martin Smith, MP. Everard Hambro married Ebba Harline d'Iberville Le Moyne Whyte in 1911.[1]
Death edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage, 1999, vol. 1, p. 1277
- ^ a b 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 [1]
- ^ Bakhtiar Dadabhoy, Barons of Banking, Random House India, 2013
- ^ Everard Hambro's Central Bank Proposal