{{Short description|British heir, investment banker & philanthropist (born 1949)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = James Hambro | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = James Daryl Hambro | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|3|22|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | known_for = | education = Eton College | alma_mater = Harvard Business School | employer = | occupation = {{hlist|Banker |businessman}} | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | political_party = | boards = Chair of Guide Dogs for the Blind Charit | father = Jocelyn Hambro | relatives =Carl Joachim Hambro <small>(great-grandfather)</small><br/>Olaf Hambro <small>(grandfather)</small><br/>Rupert Hambro <small>(brother)</small><br/>Richard Hambro <small>(brother)</small> }}
'''James Daryl Hambro''' (born 22 March 1949) is a banker, businessman and philanthropist.
== Early life == James Hambro was born on 22 March 1949.<ref name="debretts">[http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/15108/James-Daryl-HAMBRO James Daryl Hambro], ''Debrett's''</ref> His father, Jocelyn Hambro, was chair of Hambros Bank from 1965 to 1972.<ref name="burkespeerage">Charles Mosley (ed.), ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage'', Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage, 1999, vol. 1, p. 1278</ref> His mother was Ann Silvia Muir.<ref name="burkespeerage"/> His paternal great-grandfather, Carl Joachim Hambro, was a Danish immigrant to England who founded the Hambros Bank.<ref name="burkespeerage"/>
He was educated at Eton College.<ref name="debretts"/> He graduated from the Harvard Business School.<ref name="debretts"/>
==Career== Hambro served as the Executive Director of the family business, Hambros Bank, from 1972 to 1985.<ref name="debretts"/> He co-founded JO Hambro & Company, JO Hambro Investment Management Ltd (now Waverton Investment Management) Hambro Magan, a mergers and acquisitions boutique sold to Nat West, JO Hambro Capital Management Ltd, an institutional fund management company, now part of Pendal, an Australian fund group .<ref name="bloomberg"/><ref name="debretts"/> He founded James Hambro & Partners in 2010,<ref name="citywirejames">James Phillips, [http://citywire.co.uk/wealth-manager/news/wealth-manager-jamie-hambro-on-updating-the-family-brand-for-the-21st-century/a403015 Wealth Manager: Jamie Hambro on updating the family brand for the 21st century], ''Citywire'', 28 May 2010</ref> and serves as its chairman.<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/4563980|title=Jamie Hambro, James Hambro & Partners LLP: Profile and Biography|website=Bloomberg.com|language=en|access-date=18 August 2019}}</ref>
Hambro has served on the board of directors of Primary Health Properties from 1996 to 2015.<ref name="debretts"/> He was the Chairman of Hansteen Holdings from 2005 to 2017.<ref name="debretts"/> He is a director of Circle Property PLC and I Hennig & Co.
==Philanthropy== Hambro is the former Governor and Deputy Chair of Peabody Trust, Chair of The Henry Smith Charity,<ref name="henrysmith">{{Cite web |url=http://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/organisation.html |title=The Henry Smith Charity: Organisation |access-date=30 April 2015 |archive-date=12 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512104847/http://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/organisation.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and currently Chair of Guide Dogs for the Blind.
==Personal life== He married Diana Cherry in 1981.<ref name="burkespeerage"/> They have three daughters: Rachel, Daisy and Lucy.<ref name="burkespeerage"/> They reside in Kimberley, Norfolk.<ref name="burkespeerage"/> He is a member of White's and the Royal West Norfolk Golf Club.<ref name="debretts"/>
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