Angus Valdemar Hambro (8 July 1883 – 19 November 1957) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Early life

Angus Valdemar Hambro was born on 8 July 1883. His father, Sir Everard Hambro, was a banker. His paternal grandfather, Carl Joachim Hambro, was a Danish immigrant who founded the

Hambros Bank Hambros Bank was a British bank based in London. The Hambros bank was a specialist in Anglo-Scandinavian business with expertise in trade finance and investment banking, and was the sole banker to the Scandinavian kingdoms for many years. The bank ...

in London in 1839. His paternal great-grandfather,

Joseph Hambro 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.Andrew St George, 'Hambro, Baron Carl Joachim (1807–1877)', Oxford Dictiona ...

, was a Danish merchant, banker and political advisor. His paternal great-great-grandfather,

Calmer Hambro Calmer Hambro (1747–1806) was a Danish merchant and banker. Early life 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.An ...

, was a Danish merchant and banker. He was educated at

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. He served in the

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Career

He was Member of Parliament for South Dorset from 1910 to 1922;

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from 1934 to 1935 and a Member of Parliament again from 1937 to 1945, this time for North Dorset.

Golf

He was a noted amateur golfer.Royal Eastbourne Golf Club
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Results timeline

Team appearances

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(representing England): 1908, 1909, 1910 (winners), 1922 *Coronation Match (representing the Amateurs):

1911 Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...

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Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry officers Amateur golfers English male golfers British sportsperson-politicians High sheriffs of Dorset Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for South Dorset Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for North Dorset