Jocelyn Hambro

Major Jocelyn Olaf Hambro MC (7 March 1919 – 19 June 1994) was a British merchant banker, horse breeder and philanthropist.

[2] He grew up at Kidbrooke Park, Sussex, and Glendoe, Loch Ness, Scotland.

[1] He was awarded an MC in 1944 for service with the Guards Armoured Division in Normandy but lost his left leg in August 1944.

He invested in "diamond broking, bullion dealing, mining and insurance.

[4] He was a co-founder of Hambro Life, an insurance company later known as Allied Dunbar, providing the seed money to start the firm.

Hambro Capital Management, a mergers and acquisitions financial firm, with his three sons.

[1] He bred Thoroughbreds at Waverton, his farm in Gloucestershire, and attended races at the Newmarket Racecourse.

[1] He served on the Board of Governors of the Peabody Trust, a non-profit organisation which offers affordable housing to the disadvantaged.