Richard Alexander Hambro (1 October 1946 – 25 April 2009) was a British heir, investment banker, horse breeder and philanthropist.
[2][4] He also founded J. O. Hambro Investment Management, which he sold to Credit Suisse in 2000 for USD$124 million.
[2] It is now owned by Somers Limited and called Waverton Investment Management, named after the Hambro family home located in Gloucestershire.
[6] Hambro also owned Wiltons, a seafood restaurant on Jermyn Street, which still belongs to the family, as well as Franco's.
[1][2] He made charitable contributions to St Paul's Cathedral and served as director of the board at the Garden Museum.
[2] After he inherited his late father's house, Waverton, in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire in 1995, he bred racehorses.
[2] At Warwick in 2002 the four-year-old Beechy Bank won with odds of 200-1, becoming one of the longest priced winners in British racing, though Hambro did not receive a payout as he did not bet on the horse at the time.
[2] Their daughter, Clementine Hambro, was bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1981.