Carl Joachim Hambro

Baron Carl Joachim Hambro (23 November 1807 – 27 November 1877) was a Danish banker. He was the founder of Hambros Bank, one of the United Kingdom's largest investment banks.

Early life Carl Joachim Hambro was born in 1807 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Marianne von Halle and Joseph Hambro (1780–1848). The family lineage can be traced to Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, in the 1720s. His paternal grandfather Calmer Hambro (1747–1806) had migrated to Copenhagen where he became a trade merchant in 1779. In 1814, aged seven, Carl Hambro was sent to live with Danish zoology professor Johan Reinhardt and his wife. In 1822, Hambro, who was born into a Jewish family, was baptised and confirmed into the Christian religion at the behest of his foster parents. In 1861 Hambro married, secondly, Eliza Frances Turner (1824/25-1919), widow of Hervey Harris Greathe(a)d (1817-1857), BCS, political agent, Commissioner of Meerut, and one of the daughters of Thomas Jacob Turner, BCS, formerly of Worthy Park in Martyr Worthy parish, Hampshire. Hambro died at his home at Milton Abbey in 1877.

Legacy 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 Second Boer War in the 16th Lancers under Field Marshal General Lord Roberts, as well as taking part in the First World War.