Charles Eric Hambro
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Sir Charles Eric Hambro was a British politician and banker. He was a partner in C. J. Hambro & Son (later to become Hambros Bank
). He was elected Member of Parliament
for Wimbledon
in 1900, resigning in 1907 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead. His son Charles Jocelyn Hambro
later became a senior intelligence officer and a respected merchant banker.
Hambros Bank
Hambros Bank was a British bank based in London. The Hambros bank was a specialist in Anglo-Scandinavian business with expertise in trade finance and investment banking, and was the sole banker to the Scandinavian kingdoms for many years...
). He was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Wimbledon
Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency)
Wimbledon is one of two parliamentary constituencies in the London Borough of Merton in south-west London. It elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first-past-the-post voting system....
in 1900, resigning in 1907 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead. His son Charles Jocelyn Hambro
Charles Jocelyn Hambro
Air Commodore Sir Charles Jocelyn Hambro, KBE, MC was a merchant banker and intelligence officer.-Career:He was born into a banking family of Danish origin which had settled in Dorset and the City of London in the early 19th century. He was the son of Charles Eric Hambro, a partner in C. J...
later became a senior intelligence officer and a respected merchant banker.