Joseph Hambro

Joseph Hambro
Born 1780
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died 1840
London, England
Nationality Danish
Religion Judaism
Spouse(s) Marianne von Halle
Children Carl Joachim Hambro
Parent(s) Calmer Hambro
Thobe Levy
Relatives Wulf Levin von Halle (father-in-law)
Everard Hambro (grandson)

Joseph Hambro (1780-1840) was a Danish merchant, banker and political advisor.

Early life

Joseph Hambro was born in 1780 in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] His father, Calmer Hambro, was a merchant and banker.[1]

Career

Hambro was a merchant and banker.[1] In 1800, he joined his father's bank and renamed it C. J. Hambro & Son.[1] Under his leadership, the bank gave loans to the Danish government from 1821 to 1827.[1]

Hambro became an advisor to Johan Sigismund von Møsting, who served as the Danish Minister of Finance.[1]

Personal life

He was married to Marianne von Halle (1786–1838), the daughter of Wulf Levin von Halle, a merchant from Copenhagen.[1] They had a son, Carl Joachim Hambro, who moved to London, England, where he founded the Hambros Bank in 1839.[2]

Death

He died in 1840 in London, where he had moved earlier that year.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Andrew St George, ‘Hambro, Baron Carl Joachim (1807–1877)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 6 May 2015
  2. 1 2 "Hambro". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
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