Buchanan Winthrop

Thomas Buchanan Winthrop (November 11, 1841 – December 25, 1900)[1] was an American philanthropist and lawyer who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age.

Buchanan Winthrop
Born
Thomas Buchanan Winthrop

(1841-11-11)November 11, 1841
New York City, U.S.
DiedDecember 25, 1900(1900-12-25) (aged 59)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materYale University
Columbia Law School
Spouse
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(m. 1872)​
Children2

Early life

Winthrop was born on November 11, 1841. He was the only son of Henry Rogers Winthrop (1811–1896)[2] and Margaret (née Hicks) Winthrop.[3] After his mother's death, his father remarried to Mary Gelston, the daughter of Maltby Gelston.[3] His sister Harriett R. Winthrop, was married to the Rev. Haslett McKim,[4] and were the parents of Winthrop McKim.[5]

His maternal grandfather was Thomas Hicks.[3] His paternal grandfather was John Still Winthrop, brother of Thomas Charles Winthrop (father of Robert Winthrop) and Francis Bayard Winthrop Jr. (father of Theodore Winthrop), all descendants of Wait Winthrop and Joseph Dudley (both Massachusetts Bay Colony leaders).[6] Through his father's family, he was also descended from the colonial New York merchant and politician Leonard Lispenard.[7]

Winthrop attended the University Grammar School, the Rectory School in Hamden, Connecticut,[8] and graduated from Yale College in 1862 and Columbia Law School in 1864.[3]

Career

After Columbia, Winthrop passed the bar exam and began practicing law in New York City until he "inherited a fortune from his father which made him independent."[1] He then managed the large estate of various members of his family.[8] Bishop Potter appointed Winthrop treasurer of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, serving for several years.[8]

He was also a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and from 1891 until his death in 1900, served as a Fellow of Yale University,[9] following the death of Thomas C. Sloane.[8]

Society life

In 1892, Winthrop along with his wife, daughter Marie,[6] and several members of his extended family, were included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times.[10][11] Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom.[12] There were other Winthrop branches included in McAllister's list, but his was considered the elder branch.[6] His wife was a prominent horse breeder who won awards at the Bar Harbor Horse Show in 1904.[13]

He was a member of the Metropolitan Club, the University Club of New York, the Century Club, the Union Club of the City of New York, the Tuxedo Club, the New York Yacht Club, the New York Riding Club, the New England Society, the Bar Association, and the Yale Alumni Association.[1]

Personal life

On June 4, 1872, Winthrop was married to Sarah Helen "Sallie" Townsend (1847–1916),[14] the daughter of Isaac and Mary (née Austen) Townsend.[15] Her sister, Elizabeth Austen Townsend was married to the prominent banker George H. Bend.[16] The Winthrops maintained homes in New York City and in Newport, Rhode Island. Together, they were the parents of:[3]

Winthrop died on Christmas Day, December 25, 1900, at his residence, 279 Fifth Avenue in New York City.[1] After a service at Grace Church,[1] he was buried at Saint John's and Saint Andrew's Episcopal Cemetery in Stamford, Connecticut. His widow died in Newport in October 1916.[14][23]

References
  1. "BUCHANAN WINTHROP DEAD. Stricken with Appendicitis Saturday, He Succumbs to an Operation" (PDF). The New York Times. December 26, 1900. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  2. "Henry Rogers Winthrop" (PDF). The New York Times. October 25, 1896. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  3. Hughes, Thomas Patrick; Munsell, Frank (1888). American Ancestry: Giving Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A. Munsell. p. 61. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  4. Social Register, New York. Social Register Association. 1895. p. 221. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  5. Quarter-century Record, Class of 1894 Yale College. Yale University Class of 1894. 1922. p. 289. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  6. Wexler, Dorothy B. (2014). Reared in a Greenhouse: The StoriesNand StoryNof Dorothy Winthrop Bradford. Routledge. p. 366. ISBN 9781135678654. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  7. The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York: History, Customs, Record of Events, Constitution, Certain Genealogies, and Other Matters of Interest. V. 1-. The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York. 1905. p. 190. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  8. Kernochan, J. Frederic (1891). The University Magazine. Yale University. pp. 379–380. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  9. "Mrs. Thomas Buchanan Winthrop (ca.1850-1916)". www.nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  10. McAllister, Ward (16 February 1892). "THE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED | WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  11. Patterson, Jerry E. (2000). The First Four Hundred: Mrs. Astor's New York in the Gilded Age. Random House Incorporated. p. 234. ISBN 9780847822089. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  12. Keister, Lisa A. (2005). Getting Rich: America's New Rich and How They Got That Way. Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780521536677. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  13. American Horse Show Blue Book. Coach and Saddle Publishing Company. 1905. p. 28. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  14. "Died. WINTHROP" (PDF). The New York Times. October 17, 1916. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  15. Greene, Richard Henry; Stiles, Henry Reed; Dwight, Melatiah Everett; Morrison, George Austin; Mott, Hopper Striker; Totten, John Reynolds; Pitman, Harold Minot; Forest, Louis Effingham De; Ditmas, Charles Andrew; Mann, Conklin; Maynard, Arthur S. (1894). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  16. "Mrs. Elizabeth Townsend Bend". The New York Times. 15 February 1928. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  17. "Widow of M. W. Kellogg Dies" (PDF). The New York Times. September 6, 1952. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  18. "Kellogg-Winthrop Wedding" (PDF). The New York Times. October 2, 1910. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  19. "Obituary 1 -- No Title" (PDF). The New York Times. November 15, 1958. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  20. Who's Who in Finance, Banking, and Insurance. Who's Who in Finance, Incorporated (N.Y.). 1911. p. 724. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  21. "HENRY R. WINTHROP TO WED.; Will Marry Miss Alice Woodward Babcock Next Autumn" (PDF). The New York Times. August 8, 1905. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  22. "MISS BABCOCK WED TO HENRY R. WINTHROP; Guests at Ceremony Include the Duchess of Marlborough. MERRY RIDE IN OLD COACHES Dr. Stires Marries the Equitable's Financial Manager and the Daughter of Henry D. Babcock" (PDF). The New York Times. October 4, 1905. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  23. "YALE LOSES HALF MILLION | Winthrop Trust Fund Goes to Children Instead of University" (PDF). The New York Times. October 26, 1916. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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