Rupert Hambro

{{Short description|British banker and businessman (1943–2021)}} {{Use British English|date=June 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Rupert Hambro | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Rupert Nicholas Hambro | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1943|06|27}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|2|19|1943|06|27}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | education = Eton College | occupation = Banker, businessman | employer = | known_for = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | political_party = | boards = | father = Jocelyn Hambro | relatives = Carl Joachim Hambro (paternal great-grandfather) Olaf Hambro (paternal grandfather) Richard Hambro (brother) James Hambro (brother) | alma_mater = Aix-Marseille University }} '''Rupert Nicholas Hambro''' CBE (27 June 1943 – 19 February 2021) was a British banker and businessman.

==Early life== Rupert Hambro was born on 27 June 1943.<ref name="debretts">[http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/605/Rupert-Nicholas-HAMBRO Rupert Nicholas 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 emigrant to England who founded the Hambros Bank.<ref name="burkespeerage"/>

He was educated at Eton College.<ref name="debretts"/> He studied at the University of Aix-en-Provence in Aix-en-Provence, France.<ref name="debretts"/><ref name="burkespeerage"/>

==Career== Hambro started his career at Peat Marwick Mitchell Co., which later merged with KPMG, from 1962 to 1964.<ref name="debretts"/>

He joined the family business, Hambros Bank, in 1964.<ref name="debretts"/> He served on its board of directors from 1969 to 1986, and as its chairman from 1983 to 1986.<ref name="debretts"/><ref name="wallacecollection">[http://www.wallacecollection.org/news/94 Wallace Collection: Board of Trustees]</ref><ref name="robinsonhambro">[http://robinsonhambro.com/rupert-hambro-obe/ Robinson Hambro]</ref><ref name="baaf">[http://www.baaf.org.uk/about/president British Association of Adoption and Fostering: Who we are: President and Patrons] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417024808/http://www.baaf.org.uk/about/president |date=17 April 2011 }}</ref> In 1986, he co-founded J.O. Hambro Capital Management, a mergers and acquisitions investment firm, with his father and two brothers.<ref name="wallacecollection"/><ref name="baaf"/> He was also the owner of the private equity firm, Hambro & Partners.<ref name="wallacecollection"/><ref name="baaf"/>

He was Chairman of Woburn Enterprises, which includes the Woburn Safari Park, the Woburn Abbey, golf courses and hotels.<ref name="wallacecollection"/> He also served on the Boards of Directors of Anglo American plc, the Telegraph Group and the Sedgwick Group.<ref name="robinsonhambro"/> 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.<ref name="montrealsecondbanking">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19761211&id=2R4uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eqEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5963,3125042&hl=en Second banking dynasty with cloud here], ''The Gazette'' (Montreal), 11 December 1976</ref>

He was Chairman of Cazenove & Loyd, a luxury travel agency, from 2003.<ref name="wallacecollection"/> Additionally, he was Chairman of Theo Fennell PLC and Chairman of Sipsmith from 2009.<ref name="wallacecollection"/> He served on the Supervisory Board of Bank Gutmann.<ref name="wallacecollection"/><ref>[https://www.gutmann.at/en/gutmann/bank-gutmann-ag/governance Bank Gutmann: Governance]</ref> He also served as the Chairman of Robinson Hambro, a recruitment agency for corporate directors, since 2010.<ref name="wallacecollection"/>

On 4 November 2013, Hambro incorporated Hambro Perks Ltd. with Dominic Perks and was a director of the company.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hambro Perks on Companies House|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08760647/filing-history|website=Companies House}}</ref>

He wrote in ''The Spectator''.<ref>[http://www.spectator.co.uk/author/rupert-hambro/ The Spectator: Rupert Hambro]</ref>

According to The ''Sunday Times Rich List'' in 2020 his net worth was estimated at £151 million.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Times|first=The Sunday|title=Rich List 2020: profiles 802–900=, featuring Daniel Craig and Adele|newspaper=The Times |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/rich-list-2020-profiles-802-900-featuring-daniel-craig-and-adele-z5qvqsq6x|access-date=8 July 2020|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

He died on 19 February 2021 at the age of 77 after a long illness.<ref>[http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/248091/hambro Hambro]</ref>

==Philanthropy== Hambro was the Treasurer of the National Art Collections Fund from 1991 to 2003.<ref name="wallacecollection"/> He was the Chairman of the Museum of London Docklands from 1995 to 2008.<ref name="wallacecollection"/>

He served as the Chairman of The Silver Trust from 1988 and Vice Patron of the Royal British Society of Sculptors from 1997.<ref name="wallacecollection"/><ref>[http://rbs.org.uk/about-us/supporters Royal British Society of Sculptors: Supporters]</ref> He served on the Council of the Royal College of Art from 2010,<ref name="wallacecollection"/> and he was an Honorary Fellow of the University of Bath.<ref name="baaf"/> Additionally, he served as the Chairman of the Development & Strategy Board of the Zoological Society of London since 2011.<ref name="wallacecollection"/> He served on the board of trustees of the Wallace Collection.<ref name="wallacecollection"/>

He served on the advisory board of Open Europe, a think tank which promotes reform within the European Union, from 2006.<ref name="wallacecollection"/> He was a Knight of the Order of the Falcon of Iceland.<ref name="wallacecollection"/>

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

==Personal life== Hambro married Mary Boyer (Robin) in 1970.<ref name="burkespeerage"/> Robin Hambro is an American-born philanthropist, former London Editor of American Vogue who is on the International Best Dressed List.<ref>[http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2009/08/hall-of-fame-women The International Hall of Fame: Women: 2009 Inductees], ''Vanity Fair'', 3 August 2009</ref> They have a son, Jonathan, and a daughter, Flora.<ref name="burkespeerage"/>

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.<ref name="debretts"/> {{Infobox COA wide |motto=In Deo<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/baz_manning/12652189073/in/album-72157641255806714/ |title= Goldsmiths Hall, 91 Hambro RN |date= June 2012 |publisher=Baz Manning |accessdate=22 November 2020}}</ref> }}

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