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Rupert Hambro

Rupert Hambro

British banker and businessman (1943–2021)

Rupert Nicholas Hambro CBE (27 June 1943 – 19 February 2021) was a British banker and businessman.

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Early life

Rupert Hambro was born on 27 June 1943.[1] His father, Jocelyn Hambro, was chair of Hambros Bank from 1965 to 1972.[2] His mother was Ann Silvia Muir.[2] His paternal great-grandfather, Carl Joachim Hambro, was a Danish emigrant to England who founded the Hambros Bank.[2]

He was educated at Eton College.[1] He studied at the University of Aix-en-Provence in Aix-en-Provence, France.[1][2]

Career

Hambro started his career at Peat Marwick Mitchell Co., which later merged with KPMG, from 1962 to 1964.[1]

He joined the family business, Hambros Bank, in 1964.[1] He served on its board of directors from 1969 to 1986, and as its chairman from 1983 to 1986.[1][3][4][5] In 1986, he co-founded J.O. Hambro Capital Management, a mergers and acquisitions investment firm, with his father and two brothers.[3][5] He was also the owner of the private equity firm, Hambro & Partners.[3][5]

He was Chairman of Woburn Enterprises, which includes the Woburn Safari Park, the Woburn Abbey, golf courses and hotels.[3] He also served on the Boards of Directors of Anglo American plc, the Telegraph Group and the Sedgwick Group.[4] In 1976, he served on the board of directors of the White Pass and Yukon Corporation Ltd., which owns a railway on the White Pass and Yukon Route in Canada.[6]

He was Chairman of Cazenove & Loyd, a luxury travel agency, from 2003.[3] Additionally, he was Chairman of Theo Fennell PLC and Chairman of Sipsmith from 2009.[3] He served on the Supervisory Board of Bank Gutmann.[3][7] He also served as the Chairman of Robinson Hambro, a recruitment agency for corporate directors, since 2010.[3]

On 4 November 2013, Hambro incorporated Hambro Perks Ltd. with Dominic Perks and was a director of the company.[8]

He wrote in The Spectator.[9]

According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2020 his net worth was estimated at £151 million.[10]

He died on 19 February 2021 at the age of 77 after a long illness.[11]

Philanthropy

Hambro was the Treasurer of the National Art Collections Fund from 1991 to 2003.[3] He was the Chairman of the Museum of London Docklands from 1995 to 2008.[3]

He served as the Chairman of The Silver Trust from 1988 and Vice Patron of the Royal British Society of Sculptors from 1997.[3][12] He served on the Council of the Royal College of Art from 2010,[3] and he was an Honorary Fellow of the University of Bath.[5] Additionally, he served as the Chairman of the Development & Strategy Board of the Zoological Society of London since 2011.[3] He served on the board of trustees of the Wallace Collection.[3]

He served on the advisory board of Open Europe, a think tank which promotes reform within the European Union, from 2006.[3] He was a Knight of the Order of the Falcon of Iceland.[3]

He was appointed CBE in the 2014 Birthday Honours for charitable services.

Personal life

Hambro married Mary Boyer (Robin) in 1970.[2] Robin Hambro is an American-born philanthropist, former London Editor of American Vogue who is on the International Best Dressed List.[13] They have a son, Jonathan, and a daughter, Flora.[2]

He was a member of White's, the Groucho Club and The Walbrook Club in the City of London as well as the Jupiter Island Club in Hobe Sound, Florida.[1]

Coat of arms of Rupert Hambro
Motto
In Deo[14]

References

  1. [1]
    Rupert Nicholas Hambro, Debrett's
  2. [2]
    Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage, 1999, vol. 1, p. 1278
  3. [3]
    Wallace Collection: Board of Trustees
  4. [4]
    Robinson Hambro
  5. [5]
    British Association of Adoption and Fostering: Who we are: President and Patrons Archived 17 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. [6]
    Second banking dynasty with cloud here, The Gazette (Montreal), 11 December 1976
  7. [7]
    Bank Gutmann: Governance
  8. [8]
    "Hambro Perks on Companies House". Companies House.
  9. [9]
    The Spectator: Rupert Hambro
  10. [10]
    Times, The Sunday. "Rich List 2020: profiles 802–900=, featuring Daniel Craig and Adele". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  11. [11]
    Hambro
  12. [12]
    Royal British Society of Sculptors: Supporters
  13. [13]
    The International Hall of Fame: Women: 2009 Inductees, Vanity Fair, 3 August 2009
  14. [14]
    "Goldsmiths Hall, 91 Hambro RN". Baz Manning. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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