Calmer Hambro
Calmer Hambro was a Danish merchant and banker.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.
He grew up Hamburg, Germany, which is considered to be his hometown. He changed his surname to Hambro upon moving to Copenhagen in 1778. Although he wanted to be named Hamburg, the registrar misspelt his name, thus renaming him Calmer Hambro.Career
Hambro took over his father-in-law's business in Copenhagen in 1779. He later became a banker to the King of Denmark.Personal life
Hambro married a cousin, Thobe Levy, the daughter of Isach Joseph Levi, in Copenhagen in 1778. They had a son, merchant and banker Joseph Hambro.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.
