Garrard B. Winston

Garrard Bigelow Winston (July 25, 1882 – July 28, 1955) was an American lawyer and public servant who served as Under Secretary of the Treasury from 1923 to 1927.

Early life Winston was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 25, 1882. He was a son of attorney Frederick Seymour Winston (1856–1909), and Ada ( Fountain) Winston (1858–1919). His brother was Hampden Winston,

His paternal grandparents were Maria Garrard ( Dudley) Winston (a daughter of Gen. Ambrose William Dudley) and Frederick Hampden Winston, the former U.S. Minister to Persia who was a nephew of Frederick S. Winston (the longtime president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York). Through his father, he was a descendant of Gen. Lachlan McIntosh,

Winston was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire before attending Yale University, where he graduated with the class of 1904, and Northwestern University Law School, where he obtained an LL.B. degree in 1906. He served in that capacity under Secretary Andrew W. Mellon until February 1927 when he was succeeded by U.S. Representative Ogden L. Mills. While with Treasury, Winston took part in the settlement of the international war debts arising from World War I and acted as Secretary of the American Debt Funding Commission. After leaving Treasury, he joined the Shearman & Sterling law firm and remained there until his death in 1955.

Personal life In 1911, he lived at 1508 North State Street in Chicago and was a member of the South Shore Country Club, the Saddle and Cycle Club, the Mid-Day Club and was an avid yachting enthusiast. In his will, from a gross estate of $14,889,088, Winston left $3,702,706 to Roosevelt Hospital and other $3,702,706 to his sister Marcia, the remainder of which was to go to the Hospital upon her death.