Jocelyn Hambro

Major Jocelyn Olaf Hambro MC (7 March 1919 – 19 June 1994) was a British merchant banker, horse breeder and philanthropist. He was the chairman of Hambros Bank from 1965 to 1972. Early life Jocelyn Olaf Hambro was born on 7 March 1919 on Upper Brook Street in Mayfair, London, the son of Winifred Emily Ridley-Smith and Olaf Hambro. His paternal great-grandfather, Carl Joachim Hambro, was a Danish-born immigrant to England who founded Hambros Bank in 1839. His father served as the Chairman of Hambros Bank from 1932 to 1960. His mother was Winifred Martin-Smith. He grew up at Kidbrooke Park, Sussex, and Glendoe, Loch Ness, Scotland. His mother drowned in Loch Ness in 1932. As a child, he summered in Biarritz, France. He was educated at Eton College. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge. During World War II, he served as a Major in the Coldstream Guards. He was awarded an MC in 1944 for service with the Guards Armoured Division in Normandy but lost his left leg in August 1944.