# James Hambro

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{{Short description|British heir, investment banker & philanthropist (born 1949)}}
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| birth_name = James Daryl Hambro
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| education = [Eton College](/source/Eton_College)
| alma_mater = [Harvard Business School](/source/Harvard_Business_School)
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| boards = Chair of Guide Dogs for the Blind Charit
| father = [Jocelyn Hambro](/source/Jocelyn_Hambro)
| relatives   =[Carl Joachim Hambro](/source/Carl_Joachim_Hambro_(banker)) <small>(great-grandfather)</small><br/>[Olaf Hambro](/source/Olaf_Hambro) <small>(grandfather)</small><br/>[Rupert Hambro](/source/Rupert_Hambro) <small>(brother)</small><br/>[Richard Hambro](/source/Richard_Hambro) <small>(brother)</small>
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'''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](/source/Debrett's)''</ref> His father, [Jocelyn Hambro](/source/Jocelyn_Hambro), was chair of [Hambros Bank](/source/Hambros_Bank) from 1965 to 1972.<ref name="burkespeerage">[Charles Mosley](/source/Charles_Mosley_(genealogist)) (ed.), ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage'', Crans, Switzerland: [Burke's Peerage](/source/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](/source/Carl_Joachim_Hambro_(banker)), was a Danish immigrant to England who founded the Hambros Bank.<ref name="burkespeerage"/>

He was educated at [Eton College](/source/Eton_College).<ref name="debretts"/> He graduated from the [Harvard Business School](/source/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](/source/Primary_Health_Properties) from 1996 to 2015.<ref name="debretts"/> He was the Chairman of [Hansteen Holdings](/source/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](/source/Peabody_Trust), Chair of [The Henry Smith Charity](/source/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](/source/The_Guide_Dogs_for_the_Blind_Association).

==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](/source/Kimberley%2C_Norfolk).<ref name="burkespeerage"/> He is a member of [White's](/source/White's) and the Royal West Norfolk Golf Club.<ref name="debretts"/>

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