Calmer Hambro

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Calmer Hambro
Born
Calmer Joachim Levy

1747
Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark (later Germany)
Died1806
Copenhagen, Denmark
NationalityDanish
SpouseThobe Levi
Children Joseph Hambro
Carl Simon Hambro, Eduard Isaac Hambro, Sophie Hambro.
RelativesIsach Joseph Levi (uncle & father-in-law)
Carl Joachim Hambro (grandson)

Calmer Hambro (1747-1806) was a Danish merchant and banker.

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Early life

Calmer Hambro was born as Calmer Joachim Levy in 1747 in Rendsburg, a town of Schleswig-Holstein in Denmark, later acquired by Prussia in the Second Schleswig War of 1864. [1]

He grew up Hamburg, Germany, which is considered to be his hometown. [2] [3] He changed his surname to Hambro upon moving to Copenhagen in 1778. [2] [3] Although he wanted to be named Hamburg, the registrar misspelt his name, thus renaming him Calmer Hambro. [2] [3]

Career

Hambro took over his father-in-law's business in Copenhagen in 1779. [4] In the Danish census 1801, he was registered living as a handelsman (merchant) in the house Store Købmagergade No. 96 in the Frimands Kvarter neighbourhood, together with his wife and his two sons. [5] He later became a banker to the King of Denmark. [3]

Personal life

Hambro married a cousin, Thobe (Dorothea) Levy (1756-1820), the daughter of Isach Joseph Levi, in Copenhagen in 1778. [1] [2] [3] They had three sons and one daughter, the merchant and banker Joseph Hambro (1780-1848) [4] [6] and his younger twin brothers Carl Simon and Eduard Isaac (born in 1782), the latter moved to Bergen establishing himself as a merchant, and sister Hanne Sophie. [7] [ circular reference ] [5]

Death

He died in 1806 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Legacy

His grandson, Carl Joachim Hambro (180-1877) moved to London, England, where he founded the Hambros Bank in 1839. [2] [8] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 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 3 4 5 Lord Hambro, The Daily Telegraph, 9 November 2002
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Derek Taylor, Newcomers who built Britain’s future, The Jewish Chronicle , January 22, 2013
  4. 1 2 "Hambro". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  5. 1 2 Census 1801, Rentekammeret Danske Afdeling, Dansk-Norsk Tabelkontor. Folketælling 1801. Rigsarkivet Copenhagen. Retrieved August 28, 2020
  6. ↑ "Joseph Hambro". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Hambro in Norwegian Wikipedia". Wikipedia. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Hambros Bank". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Hambro family". Genealogi. Norsk Slektshistorieforening. Retrieved 24 November 2020.


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