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Joseph Hambro
Joseph Hambro
Born	4 November 1780; Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	3 October 1848 (aged 67); London, England
Nationality	Danish
Spouse	Marianne von Halle
Children	Carl Joachim Hambro
Parent(s)	Calmer Hambro; Thobe Levy
Relatives	Wulf Levin von Halle (father-in-law); Everard Hambro (grandson)

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Joseph Hambro (4 November 1780 – 3 October 1848) 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 Jewish silk and textile merchant, who was born in Rendsburg.^[1] At the age of 17, Hambro came to Hamburg where he received his education at Fürst, Haller & Co.

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]

In circa. 1830, he acquired Bodenhoffs Plads in Christianshavn, from then on known as Hambros Plads, establishing both a rice mill with Denmark's first steam engine, the country's first canned food factory and a bakery at the site.^[2]

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.^[3]

He died in 1848 in London, where he had moved earlier that year.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Andrew St George, 'Hambro, Baron Carl Joachim (1807–1877)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 6 May 2015
^ "Hambros Plads" (in Danish). hovedstadshistorie.dk. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Hambro". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 April 2011.

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[oxfordhambrobaron-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Andrew St George, 'Hambro, Baron Carl Joachim (1807–1877)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 6 May 2015

[2] "Hambros Plads" (in Danish). hovedstadshistorie.dk. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

[snl2-3] "Hambro". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 April 2011.

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+'''Joseph Hambro''' (4 November 1780 – 3 October 1848) was a Danish merchant, banker and political advisor.
 ==Early life==
-Joseph Hambro was born in 1780 in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark.<ref name="oxfordhambrobaron">Andrew St George, 'Hambro, Baron Carl Joachim (1807–1877)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48884 accessed 6 May 2015]</ref> His father, [[Calmer Hambro]], was a Jewish silk and textile merchant, who was born in [[Rendsburg]].<ref name="oxfordhambrobaron"/> At the age of 17, Hambro came to [[Hamburg]] where he received his education at Fürst, Haller & Co..
+Joseph Hambro was born in 1780 in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark.<ref name="oxfordhambrobaron">Andrew St George, 'Hambro, Baron Carl Joachim (1807–1877)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48884 accessed 6 May 2015]</ref> His father, [[Calmer Hambro]], was a Jewish silk and textile merchant, who was born in [[Rendsburg]].<ref name="oxfordhambrobaron"/> At the age of 17, Hambro came to [[Hamburg]] where he received his education at Fürst, Haller & Co.
 ==Career==
 Hambro was a merchant and banker.<ref name="oxfordhambrobaron"/> In 1800, he joined his father's bank and renamed it C. J. Hambro & Son.<ref name="oxfordhambrobaron"/> Under his leadership, the bank gave loans to the Danish government from 1821 to 1827.<ref name="oxfordhambrobaron"/>
-[[File:Hambros Plads drawing.jpg|thumb|300px|Hambros Plads]]
+[[File:Hambros Plads drawing.jpg|thumb|300px|Hambros Plads in [[Christianshavn]], Copenhagen]]
-In circa. 1930, he acquired [[Bodenhoffs Plads]] in [[Christianshavn]], from then on known as Hambros Plads, establishing both a rice mill with Denmark's first steam engine, the country's first [[Canning|canned food factory]] and a bakery at the site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hovedstadshistorie.dk/christianshavn/hambros-plads/|title=Hambros Plads|language=Danish|publisher=hovedstadshistorie.dk|accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref>
+In circa. 1830, he acquired [[Bodenhoffs Plads]] in [[Christianshavn]], from then on known as Hambros Plads, establishing both a rice mill with Denmark's first steam engine, the country's first [[Canning|canned food factory]] and a bakery at the site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hovedstadshistorie.dk/christianshavn/hambros-plads/|title=Hambros Plads|language=Danish|publisher=hovedstadshistorie.dk|accessdate=27 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202145136/http://www.hovedstadshistorie.dk/christianshavn/hambros-plads/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 Hambro became an advisor to [[Johan Sigismund von Møsting]], who served as the Danish Minister of Finance.<ref name="oxfordhambrobaron"/>
 ==Personal life==
+[[File:Bust of J. Hambro by H. W. Bissen.jpg|thumb|160px|Bust of Joseph Hambro by [[Herman Wilhelm Bissen|H. W. Bissen]], 1853]]
 He was married to Marianne von Halle (1786–1838), the daughter of [[Wulf Levin von Halle]], a merchant from Copenhagen.<ref name="oxfordhambrobaron"/> They had a son, [[Carl Joachim Hambro (banker)|Carl Joachim Hambro]], who moved to London, England, where he founded the [[Hambros Bank]] in 1839.<ref name=snl2>{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Hambro|encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|editor=|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/Hambro|language=Norwegian|accessdate=29 April 2011}}</ref>
+He died in 1848 in London, where he had moved earlier that year.<ref name="oxfordhambrobaron"/><ref name=snl2/>
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-He died in 1840 in London, where he had moved earlier that year.<ref name="oxfordhambrobaron"/><ref name=snl2/>
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