Rupert Nicholas Hambro CBE was a British banker and businessman.
20 Facts About Rupert Hambro
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Rupert Hambro's paternal great-grandfather, Carl Joachim Hambro, was a Danish emigrant to England who founded the Hambros Bank.
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Rupert Hambro studied at the University of Aix-en-Provence in Aix-en-Provence, France.
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Rupert Hambro joined the family business, Hambros Bank, in 1964.
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Rupert Hambro served on its board of directors from 1969 to 1986, and as its chairman from 1983 to 1986.
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Rupert Hambro was Chairman of Woburn Enterprises, which includes the Woburn Safari Park, the Woburn Abbey, golf courses and hotels.
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Rupert Hambro served on the Boards of Directors of Anglo American plc, the Telegraph Group and the Sedgwick Group.
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Rupert Hambro served on the Supervisory Board of Bank Gutmann.
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Rupert Hambro served as the Chairman of Robinson Hambro, a recruitment agency for corporate directors, since 2010.
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Rupert Hambro died on 19 February 2021 at the age of 77 after a long illness.
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Rupert Hambro was the Treasurer of the National Art Collections Fund from 1991 to 2003.
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Rupert Hambro was the Chairman of the Museum of London Docklands from 1995 to 2008.
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Rupert Hambro served as the Chairman of The Silver Trust from 1988 and Vice Patron of the Royal British Society of Sculptors from 1997.
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Rupert Hambro served on the Council of the Royal College of Art from 2010, and he was an Honorary Fellow of the University of Bath.
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Rupert Hambro served on the board of trustees of the Wallace Collection.
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Rupert Hambro served on the advisory board of Open Europe, a think tank which promotes reform within the European Union, from 2006.
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Rupert Hambro was a Knight of the Order of the Falcon of Iceland.
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Rupert Hambro was appointed CBE in the 2014 Birthday Honours for charitable services.
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Robin Rupert Hambro is an American-born philanthropist, former London Editor of American Vogue who is on the International Best Dressed List.
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Rupert Hambro 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.