Frederick Hampden Winston

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Frederick Hampden Winston
United States Minister to Persia
In office
1885–1886
PresidentGrover Cleveland
Preceded bySamuel G. W. Benjamin
Succeeded byE. Spencer Pratt
Personal details
Born(1830-11-02)November 2, 1830
Magnolia Springs, Alabama
Political partyDemocratic
RelationsFrederick S. Winston (uncle)
Garrard B. Winston (grandson)
Parent(s)Mary McIntosh Winston
Rev. Dennis Mervyn Winston
Alma materHarvard Law School

Frederick Hampden Winston (November 2, 1830 — February 19, 1904) was an American lawyer who was one of the founders of the law firm that is today

American Minister to Persia
from 1885 to 1886.

Early life

Winston was born in Liberty County, Georgia on November 2, 1830.[1] While he was a child, his family moved to Kentucky. He was a son of Mary (née McIntosh) Winston and the Rev. Dennis Mervyn Winston, a close friend of Harrison Gray Otis Dwight, with whom he graduated from Hamilton College, and studied theology with at Andover Theological Seminary before his death.[2]

His paternal grandparents were Frederick Winston and Susan (née Seymour) Winston. His uncle was Frederick S. Winston, the longtime president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.[3] His maternal grandparents were Charlotte Pepper (née Nephew) McIntosh and John Hampden McIntosh (son of Gen. Lachlan McIntosh).[4]

After graduating from high school, Winston moved east to study, graduating from

New York State.[1]

Career

After practicing law in New York for a year, in 1853, Winston moved to

railways: the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, and the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway.[1]

Winston retired from active practice in 1885 and devoted time to his support of the

American Minister to Persia. He was commissioned during a recess of the Senate but was recommissioned on January 13, 1886, after confirmation. Winston presented his credentials on April 5, 1885 and served until he left his post on June 10, 1886.[5] Upon his resignation, he traveled in Russia, Scandinavia, and other countries.[1]

Returning to the U.S. in 1886, he married his second wife in

Union Stock Yard and Transit Company of Chicago. He also became an organizer of the Lincoln National Bank in the later 1880s. During this period, Winston served as president of the Lincoln Park Commission for twelve years.[1]

Personal life

Winston's grave at Graceland Cemetery

Winston married Maria Garrard Dudley (1836–1882), daughter of

General Ambrose William Dudley and Elizabeth Garrard (née Talbot) Dudley.[6] Before his wife's death in 1882, they were the parents of six children, including:[1]

In November 1896, he married Sallie Reeves Hews (b. 1872), a daughter of Edson Lawrence Hews, at Trinity Church in New Orleans.[15]

In poor health, Winston retired to

Chaplain of the Senate from 1927 to 1942.[16]

Descendants

Through his eldest son, he was a grandfather of

Under Secretary of the Treasury from 1923 to 1927.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Frederick B. Winston dead. Chicago Lawyer, ex-Minister to Persia, Dies in Florida" (PDF). The New York Times. Chicago (published February 20, 1904). February 19, 1904. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  2. ISBN 978-0-8063-0056-6
    . Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  3. ^ University, Yale (1910). Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University ... Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Alumni. Yale University. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Browning, C.H. (1883). Americans of Royal Descent. pp. 144–146. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "Frederick Hampden Winston - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute United States Department of State. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  6. ISBN 978-5-87193-263-6
    . Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c John William Leonard, Albert Nelson Marquis (1911). The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago. A.N. Marquis. pp. 215, 732. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  8. ^ "Dudley Winston's Death.; Chicago Lawyer Expires on the Train While Coming to This City -- A Rumor of Suicide". The New York Times. April 12, 1898. p. 9. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Mrs. Robert G. M'Gann". The New York Times. March 30, 1949. p. 25. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  10. ^ "A Fashionable Wedding.; Marriage of United States Senator Farwell's Daughter". The New York Times. December 5, 1888. p. 5. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Times, Special to The New York (June 13, 1906). "R. G. McGann to Wed.; Will Marry Mrs. Winston, a Relative of the De Kovens, To-morrow". The New York Times. Chicago. p. 4. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Mrs. de Koven's Sister Weds; Mrs. Grace Farwell Winston Becomes Mrs. Robert G. McGann". The New York Times. June 15, 1906. p. 9. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ College (1718-1887), Yale; University, Yale (1900). Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University ... Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Alumni. The College. p. 634. Retrieved March 15, 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Winston-Ralph T. Winston". Chicago Tribune. March 19, 1948. p. 24. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  15. ^ "A Day's Weddings.; Winston-Hews". The New York Times. New Orleans, Louisiana. November 20, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved April 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Mistake Killed Chaplain; Dr. Phillips Was Victim of Excess of Narcotics in Prescription". The New York Times. May 22, 1942. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  17. ^ "Garrard B. Winston, Lawyer, Dies at 73; Under Secretary of Treasury 1923-27". The New York Times. July 29, 1955. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

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