Rupert Nicholas Hambro

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(27 June 1943 – 19 February 2021) was a British banker and businessman.

Early life

Rupert Hambro was born on 27 June 1943.Rupert Nicholas Hambro
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'' His father,

Jocelyn Hambro Major Jocelyn Olaf Hambro MC (7 March 1919 – 19 June 1994) was a British merchant banker, horsebreeder and philanthropist. He was the chairman of Hambros Bank from 1965 to 1972. Early life Jocelyn Olaf Hambro was born on 7 March 1919 on Uppe ...

, was chair of

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 ...

from 1965 to 1972. Charles Mosley (ed.), ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage'', Crans, Switzerland:

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, 1999, vol. 1, p. 1278 His mother was Ann Silvia Muir. His paternal great-grandfather, Carl Joachim Hambro, was a Danish emigrant to England who founded the Hambros Bank. He was educated at

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. He studied at the

University of Aix-en-Provence Aix-Marseille University (AMU; french: Aix-Marseille Université; formally incorporated as ''Université d'Aix-Marseille'') is a public research university located in the Provence region of southern France. It was founded in 1409 when Louis II o ...

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, France.

Career

Hambro started his career at Peat Marwick Mitchell Co., which later merged with

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, from 1962 to 1964. He joined the family business, Hambros Bank, in 1964. He served on its board of directors from 1969 to 1986, and as its chairman from 1983 to 1986.Wallace Collection: Board of Trustees
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In 1986, he co-founded J.O. Hambro Capital Management, a

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investment firm, with his father and two brothers. He was also the owner of the private equity firm, Hambro & Partners. He was Chairman of Woburn Enterprises, which includes the

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, the

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, golf courses and hotels. He also served on the Boards of Directors of

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, the

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and the

Sedgwick Group Sedgwick Group plc was a very large British insurance broker. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. However, it was acquired by Marsh & McLennan in 1998. History The Company was founded by Harry ...

. In 1976, he served on the board of directors of the White Pass and Yukon Corporation Ltd., which owns a railway on the

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in Canada.Second banking dynasty with cloud here
''The Gazette'' (Montreal), 11 December 1976 He was Chairman of Cazenove & Loyd, a luxury travel agency, from 2003. Additionally, he was Chairman of

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PLC and Chairman of

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from 2009. He served on the Supervisory Board of Bank Gutmann. He also served as the Chairman of Robinson Hambro, a recruitment agency for corporate directors, since 2010. On 4 November 2013, Hambro incorporated Hambro Perks Ltd. with Dominic Perks and was a director of the company. He wrote in ''

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''. According to The ''

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'' in 2020 his net worth was estimated at £151 million. He died on 19 February 2021 at the age of 77 after a long illness.

Philanthropy

Hambro was the Treasurer of the

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from 1991 to 2003. He was the Chairman of the

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from 1995 to 2008. He served as the Chairman of

The Silver Trust The Silver Trust is a registered UK charity. Its initial aim was to provide 10 Downing Street, residence of the British Prime Minister, with a collection of contemporary silver. The Trust was established in 1987 by Rupert Hambro, Lady Falkende ...

from 1988 and Vice Patron of the

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from 1997. He served on the Council of the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...

from 2010, and he was an Honorary Fellow of the

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. Additionally, he served as the Chairman of the Development & Strategy Board of the

Zoological Society of London The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. It was founded in 1826. Since 1828, it has maintained the London Zoo, and since 1931 Whipsnade Park. History On 29 ...

since 2011. He served on the board of trustees of the

Wallace Collection The Wallace Collection is a museum in London occupying Hertford House in Manchester Square, the former townhouse of the Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford. It is named after Sir Richard Wallace, who built the extensive collection, along w ...

. He served on the advisory board of

Open Europe Open Europe was a British centre-right eurosceptic policy think tank with offices in London and Brussels, merging with the Policy Exchange think tank in 2020. Its stated mission was to "conduct rigorous analysis and produce recommendations ...

, a think tank which promotes reform within the European Union, from 2006. He was a Knight of the

Order of the Falcon The Order of the Falcon ( is, Hin íslenska fálkaorða) is the only order of chivalry in Iceland, founded by King Christian X of Denmark and Iceland on 3 July 1921. The award is awarded for merit for Iceland and humanity and has five degrees. N ...

of Iceland. He was appointed CBE in the

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for charitable services.

Personal life

Hambro married Mary Boyer (Robin) in 1970. Robin Hambro is an American-born philanthropist, former London Editor of American Vogue who is on the

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.The International Hall of Fame: Women: 2009 Inductees
''Vanity Fair'', 3 August 2009 They have a son, Jonathan, and a daughter, Flora. He was a member of

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, the

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and

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in the City of London as well as the Jupiter Island Club in

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References

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