Everard Hambro Explained

Everard Hambro
Birth Date:11 April 1842
Birth Place:Willesden, London, England
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation:Banker
Spouse:
  • 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
Father:Carl Joachim Hambro
Mother:Caroline Gostenhofer
Relatives:Calmer Hambro (paternal great-grandfather)
Joseph Hambro (paternal grandfather)

Sir Everard Alexander Hambro (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] 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

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:

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

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

Notes and References

  1. [Charles Mosley (genealogist)|Charles Mosley]
  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 https://books.google.com/books?id=d_71mhP5P4EC&dq=Everard+Hambro+bank+of+england&pg=PA42
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=wULAAAAAQBAJ&dq=Everard+Hambro+bank+of+england&pg=PA1916 Bakhtiar Dadabhoy, Barons of Banking, Random House India, 2013
  5. https://tigerandpalmtree.com/everard-hambros-central-bank-proposal/ Everard Hambro's Central Bank Proposal