Buchanan Winthrop

Thomas Buchanan Winthrop (November 11, 1841December 25, 1900) was an American philanthropist and lawyer who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age. Early life Winthrop was born on November 11, 1841. He was the only son of Henry Rogers Winthrop (1811–1896) and Margaret (née Hicks) Winthrop. After his mother's death, his father remarried to Mary Gelston, the daughter of Maltby Gelston. His sister Harriett R. Winthrop, was married to the Rev. Haslett McKim, and were the parents of Winthrop McKim. His maternal grandfather was Thomas Hicks. 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). Through his father's family, he was also descended from the colonial New York merchant and politician Leonard Lispenard. Winthrop attended the University Grammar School, the Rectory School in Hamden, Connecticut, and graduated from Yale College in 1862 and Columbia Law School in 1864.