Baron. He was the founder of Hambros Bank, one of the United Kingdom's largest investment banks. Born in Copenhagen, Carl Hambro was sent to live with Professor Johan Reinhardt, a Danish zoologist, and his wife in 1814 aged only seven. In 1822 he was baptised and confirmed into the Christian religion at the behest of his foster parents. He left school in 1824 and worked in Le Havre, Antwerp and Bremen as well as North America. He returned to Copenhagen in 1829 and joined his father, Joseph Hambro, managing an international trading house established by his grandfather. In 1832 he 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. In 1852 he acquired Milton Abbey in Dorset and made it his home. In 1833 he married Caroline Gostenhofer and together they went on to have three sons, Percival, Everard, and Charles. In 1861, following the death of his first wife, he married Eliza Greathead. His grandson, Charles Eric Hambro inherited Hambro's Bank from Everard Hambro, while his other grandson, Major General Sir Percival Otway Hambro was the most successful Hambro in the military, fighting in the Boer War in the 16th Lancers under Field Marshall General Lord Roberts, as well as taking part in the First World War. He died at his home at Milton Abbey.
Baron. He was the founder of Hambros Bank, one of the United Kingdom's largest investment banks. Born in Copenhagen, Carl Hambro was sent to live with Professor Johan Reinhardt, a Danish zoologist, and his wife in 1814 aged only seven. In 1822 he was baptised and confirmed into the Christian religion at the behest of his foster parents. He left school in 1824 and worked in Le Havre, Antwerp and Bremen as well as North America. He returned to Copenhagen in 1829 and joined his father, Joseph Hambro, managing an international trading house established by his grandfather. In 1832 he 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. In 1852 he acquired Milton Abbey in Dorset and made it his home. In 1833 he married Caroline Gostenhofer and together they went on to have three sons, Percival, Everard, and Charles. In 1861, following the death of his first wife, he married Eliza Greathead. His grandson, Charles Eric Hambro inherited Hambro's Bank from Everard Hambro, while his other grandson, Major General Sir Percival Otway Hambro was the most successful Hambro in the military, fighting in the Boer War in the 16th Lancers under Field Marshall General Lord Roberts, as well as taking part in the First World War. He died at his home at Milton Abbey.
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