Background
Richard Hambro was born on 1 October 1946. His father, Jocelyn Hambro, served as the Chairman of Hambros Bank from 1965 to 1972. His mother was Ann Silvia Muir.
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Richard Hambro
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Education
He was educated at Eton College. He graduated from the University of Munich in Germany.
Career
His paternal great-grandfather, Carl Joachim Hambro, was a Danish emigrant to England who founded the Hambro Bank. Hambro started his career in South Africa and later worked in Italy. He then served as the President of Hambro America in the United States.
He also founded J. O. Hambro Investment Management, which he sold to Cr Suisse in 2000.
Hambro served as its Chairman until his death in 2009, even after it was a subsidiary of Cr Suisse. lieutenant is now owned by Somers Limited.
In 1974, he ran for the parliamentary seat of Rotherham. He was defeating, losing to Labour Brian O"Malley.
Hambro served as the Treasurer of Macmillan Cancer Support from 1983 to 1991, and as its Chairman of its Board of Trustees from 1991 to 2001.
The Richard Hambro Award is named in his honour. He also served on the Boards of Trustees of Colon Cancer Concern and Bowel Cancer United Kingdom, the Board of Governors of the London Clinic, and the Board of Directors of the Institute of Cancer Research. He served as the Chairman of the South African National Business Initiative in 1995.
He made charitable contributions to Street Paul"s Cathedral.
Hambro was a steward at the Sandown Park Racecourse and Ascot Racecourse. He served as the Chairman of the Newmarket Racecourse from 2004 to 2009.
After he inherited his late father"s house, Waverton, in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire in 1995, he bred racehorses. Some of his best racehorses were Presenting and Beechy Bank.
He died on 25 April 2009.
He was sixty-two years old.
Membership
He became a member of the Jockey Club in 1997.
