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Everard Hambro

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Everard Hambro
Born11 April 1842
Willesden, London, England
Died26 February 1925(1925-02-26) (aged 82)
NationalityBritish
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
OccupationBanker
Spouses
  • Gertrude Mary Stuart
  • Ebba Harline d'Iberville Le Moyne Whyte
ChildrenCharles Eric Hambro
Harold Everard Hambro
Angus Valdemar Hambro
Violet Mary Hambro
Ronald Olaf Hambro
Parents
RelativesCalmer 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

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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

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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

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Milton Abbey.

He was married twice. He married Gertrude Mary Stuart in 1866.[1] They resided at Hayes Place, Hayes, Kent and Milton Abbey in Milton, Dorset.[1] They had five children:

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

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He died on 26 February 1925.[1][2] and is buried at St. Mary the Virgin Church in Hayes, Kent.

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b 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 [1]
  4. ^ Bakhtiar Dadabhoy, Barons of Banking, Random House India, 2013
  5. ^ Everard Hambro's Central Bank Proposal

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