Thomas L. Winthrop

Winthrop was born in New London, Connecticut. He was a son of John Still Winthrop (1720–1776)^[4] and Jane Borland Winthrop (1732–1760) and younger brother of Francis Bayard Winthrop (1754–1817).^[5]

Through his paternal grandparents, Ann Dudley (1684–1776) and John Winthrop, F.R.S. (1681–1747), he was a member of the Dudley–Winthrop family, a line that originates with Thomas Dudley—founder of Massachusetts and Winthrop's great-great-grandfather. His paternal great-grandfathers were Joseph Dudley (1647–1720) and Wait Still Winthrop (1641/2–1717).^[6]

He entered Yale in 1776 but left and graduated at Harvard in 1780. He was a lawyer and served as Treasurer for the Kennebek Proprietors in the late 18th century.^[7]

In 1813, he was elected both a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,^[1] and a member of the American Antiquarian Society.^[2]

From 1826 to 1833, Winthrop served as the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts and also served as a state representative and senator.^[5]

In 1785, he married Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (1769–1825), daughter of Sir John Temple, the first British envoy to the United States.^[8][5] and Elizabeth Bowdoin (1750–1809), daughter of James Bowdoin, who later became Governor of Massachusetts.^[9] Together, they were the parents of:^[10][6][11]

• Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple Winthrop (1787–1860), who married Benjamin Tappan (1788–1863)
• Sarah Bowdoin Winthrop (1788–1864), who married George O'Sullivan (1783–1866), the son of Governor James Sullivan
• Anna Winthrop (died 1850), who married Dr. John Collins Warren (1778–1856) in October 1843.^[12]
• George Winthrop (1805–1875)
• Grenville Temple Winthrop (1807–1853), who married Frances Maria Heard^[13]
• Robert Charles Winthrop (1809–1894), who served as a U.S. Senator and the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

He died in Boston on February 22, 1841.