Angus Valdemar Hambro (8 July 1883 – 19 November 1957) was a British
Conservative Party
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politician.
Early life
Angus Valdemar Hambro was born on 8 July 1883.
His father, Sir
Everard Hambro, was a banker. His paternal grandfather,
Carl Joachim Hambro, was a Danish immigrant who founded the
Hambros Bank
Hambros Bank was a British bank based in London. The Hambros bank was a specialist in Anglo-Scandinavian business with expertise in trade finance and investment banking, and was the sole banker to the Scandinavian kingdoms for many years. The Bank ...
in London in 1839. His paternal great-grandfather,
Joseph Hambro, was a Danish merchant, banker and political advisor. His paternal great-great-grandfather,
Calmer Hambro
Calmer Hambro (1747-1806) was a Danish merchant and banker.
Early life
Calmer Hambro was born as Calmer Joachim Levy in 1747 in Rendsburg, a town of Schleswig-Holstein in Denmark, later acquired by Prussia in the Second Schleswig War of 1864.Andr ...
, was a Danish merchant and banker.
He was educated at
Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England.
Eton may also refer to:
Places
*Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England
* Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States
* Éton, a commune in the Meuse dep ...
. He served in the
Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry
The Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army founded in 1794 as the Dorsetshire Regiment of Volunteer Yeomanry Cavalry in response to the growing threat of invasion during the Napoleonic wars. It gained its first ro ...
.
Career
He was
Member of Parliament
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for South Dorset from 1910 to 1922; High Sheriff of Dorset from 1934 to 1935 and a
Member of Parliament
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again from 1937 to 1945, this time for North Dorset.
Golf
He was a noted amateur golfer.
Royal Eastbourne Golf Club
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Results timeline
''Note: Hambro only played in the Open Championship and the Amateur Championship.''
NT = No tournament
WD = Withdrew
CUT = Missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
Sources
www.opengolf.com
The Glasgow Herald, 20 May 1903, pg. 13.
The Glasgow Herald, 24 May 1905, pg. 12.
The Glasgow Herald, 28 May 1907, pg. 12.
The Glasgow Herald, 28 May 1908, pg. 13.
The Glasgow Herald, 25 May 1909, pg. 13.
The Glasgow Herald, 1 June 1910, pg. 10.
The Glasgow Herald, 31 May 1911, pg. 9.The American Golfer, July, 1912, pg. 200.
The Glasgow Herald, 27 May 1913, pg. 14.
The Glasgow Herald, 21 May 1914, pg. 15.
The Glasgow Herald, 10 June 1920, pg. 9.
The Glasgow Herald, 25 May 1921, pg. 6.
The Glasgow Herald, 23 May 1922, pg. 9.
The Glasgow Herald, 9 May 1923, pg. 13.
The Glasgow Herald, 29 May 1924, pg. 13.
The Glasgow Herald, 28 May 1925, pg. 9.
The Glasgow Herald, 23 May 1928, pg. 10.
The Glasgow Herald, 12 Jun 1929, pg. 14.
Team appearances
*England–Scotland Amateur Match
The England–Scotland Amateur Match was an annual men's amateur golf competition between teams representing England and Scotland. It was played from 1902 to 1931, although the match lapsed between 1913 and 1921. The match continued after 1931 but ...
(representing England): 1908, 1909, 1910 (winners), 1922
*Coronation Match (representing the Amateurs): 1911
A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...
Notes
External links
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1883 births
1957 deaths
People educated at Eton College
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1910–1918
UK MPs 1918–1922
UK MPs 1935–1945
British people of Danish descent
British people of German-Jewish descent
Barons of Denmark
Angus
Angus may refer to:
Media
* ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film
* ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record''
Places Australia
* Angus, New South Wales
Canada
* Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario
* East Angus, Quebec
Scotland
* An ...
Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry officers
Amateur golfers
English male golfers
British sportsperson-politicians