Calmer Hambro

Calmer Hambro
Born Calmer Joachim Levy
1747
Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark (later Germany)
Died 1806
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Religion Judaism
Spouse(s) Thobe Levi
Children Joseph Hambro
Relatives Isach Joseph Levi (uncle & father-in-law)
Carl Joachim Hambro (grandson)

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

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 name 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] He later became a banker to the King of Denmark.[3]

Personal life

Hambro married a cousin, Thobe Levi, the daughter of Isach Joseph Levi, in Copenhagen in 1778.[1][2] They were Jewish.[3] They had a son, Joseph Hambro.[4]

Death

He died in 1806 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Legacy

His grandson, Carl Joachim Hambro, moved to London, England, where he founded the Hambros Bank in 1839.[2]

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.
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