Frederick Hampden Winston

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 Winston & Strawn. He served as the American Minister to Persia from 1885 to 1886.

Early life Winston was born in Liberty County, Georgia on November 2, 1830.

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. His maternal grandparents were Charlotte Pepper ( Nephew) McIntosh and John Hampden McIntosh (son of Gen. Lachlan McIntosh).

After graduating from high school, Winston moved east to study, graduating from Harvard Law School in 1852. Upon graduation, he moved to New York City and was admitted to the bar of New York State. Upon his resignation, he traveled in Russia, Scandinavia, and other countries. Before his wife's death in 1882, they were the parents of six children, including: who married Grace Farwell, a daughter of U.S. Senator Charles B. Farwell, in 1888; After his death, she married Robert Greaves McGann in 1906. Bertram McIntosh Winston (1868–1933), who married Anne Odell (1869–1950), a daughter of J. W. Odell, in 1901. After his death, she married Victor Elting (1871–1956) in 1904. Ralph Talbot Winston (1878–1948).

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

In poor health, Winston retired to Florida in his later years, dying near Magnolia Springs, Alabama on February 19, 1904. He was buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. After his death, in 1906 his widow married the Rev. ZeBarney Thorne Phillips, an Episcopal clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate from 1927 to 1942.

Descendants Through his eldest son, he was a grandfather of Garrard B. Winston, Under Secretary of the Treasury from 1923 to 1927.