Charles Hambro, Baron Hambro

Charles Hambro, Baron Hambro (24 July 1930 – 7 November 2002) was a British merchant banker and political fundraiser. He was the Chairman of Hambros Bank from 1972 until its merger with Société Générale in 1998. He was the senior honorary treasurer of the Conservative Party from 1993 to 1997.

Early life Hambro was born on 24 July 1930.

He was an heir to the Hambros Bank. His great-great-grandfather, Carl Joachim Hambro, was an immigrant to England from Denmark who founded the Hambros Bank in 1839.

After his mother's death, his stepmother became Dorothy Mackay, who was banker Marcus Wallenberg's ex-wife.

From 1987 to 1999, he was on the board of directors of the shipping and distribution group P&O.

Other roles He was on the board of trustees of the British Museum from 1984 to 1994.

In the same year he divorced his first wife, he married his second wife, Cherry Huggins, daughter of Sir John Huggins, a former Governor of Jamaica. She was a divorcee with one daughter, Miranda. He had nine grandchildren: Christiana, Tatiana, Charles, Edward, Alexander, Marina, Jemima and Sam.

He was the owner of two manors in Gloucestershire: Dixton Manor in Alderton, and Dumbleton Hall in Dumbleton.