Robert Charles Winthrop (Boston, Massachusetts, May 12, 1809 – Boston, Massachusetts, November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Thomas Lindall Winthrop (New London, Connecticut, March 6, 1760 – Boston, Massachusetts, February 22, 1841) and wife (m. Boston, Massachusetts, July 25, 1786) Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (Boston, Ma...
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Robert Charles Winthrop (Boston, Massachusetts, May 12, 1809 – Boston, Massachusetts, November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Thomas Lindall Winthrop (New London, Connecticut, March 6, 1760 – Boston, Massachusetts, February 22, 1841) and wife (m. Boston, Massachusetts, July 25, 1786) Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (Boston, Massachusetts, October 23, 1769 – Boston, Massachusetts, July 23, 1825), attended the prestigious Boston Latin School, and graduated from Harvard University in 1828.
On March 12, 1832, he married Elizabeth Cabot Blanchard (Boston, Massachusetts, May 27, 1809 – June 14, 1842), daughter of Francis Blanchard (baptised Salem, Massachusetts, February 1, 1784 – age estimated 29 at death, Wenham, Massachusetts, June 26, 1813) and wife (m. Boston, Massachusetts, August 29, 1808) Mary Ann Cabot (baptised Salem, Massachusetts, May 9, 1784 – Boston,...
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