Background
Carl Joachim Hambro was born in 1807 in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father was Joseph Hambro (1780–1848).
Carl Joachim Hambro was born in 1807 in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father was Joseph Hambro (1780–1848).
The family lineage can be traced to Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein in the 1720s. He left school in 1824 and worked in Le Havre, Antwerp and Bremen as well as North America. In 1832, they moved to London and in 1839 established Hambros Bank there.
During the 1850s he was responsible for arranging various British Government loan stock issues enabling the bank to prosper.
He was made a Baron by King Frederik VII of Denmark in 1851. He died at his home at Milton Abbey in 1877.
One grandson, Charles Eric Hambro, inherited Hambro"s Bank from Everard, while another, Major General Sir Percival Otway Hambro, joined the military, fighting in the Boer War in the 16th Lancers under Field Marshal General Lord Roberts, as well as taking part in the First World War.