Jocelyn Hambro

Major Jocelyn Olaf Hambro MC (7 March 1919 – 19 June 1994) was a British merchant banker, horse breeder 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 Upper Brook Street in Mayfair, London, the son of Winifred Emily Ridley-Smith and Olaf Hambro.

His paternal great-grandfather, Carl Joachim Hambro, was a Danish-born immigrant to England who founded Hambros Bank in 1839. He served as the Chairman of Hambros, Ltd from 1970 to 1983, and its President from 1983 to 1986. He was a co-founder of Hambro Life, an insurance company later known as Allied Dunbar, providing the seed money to start the firm.

Equestrianism Hambro was a member of the Jockey Club. He bred Thoroughbreds at Waverton, his farm in Gloucestershire, and attended races at the Newmarket Racecourse.

Philanthropy Hambro served as the chairman and trustee of the Henry Smith Charity. He served on the Board of Governors of the Peabody Trust, a non-profit organisation which offers affordable housing to the disadvantaged. He also served as the chairman and treasurer of Blesma, The Limbless Veterans.

He endowed the Joint British Cancer Charities J. O. Hambro Award for the Businessman of the Year, which raises funds for Cancer Research UK, Imperial Cancer Research, the Marie Curie Cancer Care and the Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund.

Personal life He married Ann Silvia Muir. They had three sons: Rupert Hambro Richard Hambro James Hambro.

He married two more times: first to Margaret Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe in 1976, secondly to Margaret, Countess Fortescue (née Elisabeth Margaret Stratton, formerly married to Richard Fortescue, 7th Earl Fortescue) in 1988.

He enjoyed grouse shooting in Scotland in August.

Death He died on 19 June 1994 in Oxford.