Robert Bowne Minturn Jr. (February 21, 1836 – December 15, 1889) was an American shipping magnate of the mid to late 19th century.
Early life and career
Robert Bowne Minturn Jr. was born in New York City to Robert Bowne Minturn Sr. and Anna Mary Wendell. He graduated from Columbia University in 1856, and joined his father's shipping firm, Grinnell, Minturn & Co, which is best known as being the owners of the clipper ship Flying Cloud. He was the author of New York to Delhi: by way of Rio de Janeiro, Australia and China (New York, 1858), an account of his voyage in connection with his work.[1]
Minturn married Susanna Shaw (1839–1926), the sister of Robert Gould Shaw, in 1861. They had seven children:
Robert Shaw Minturn was born in New York, August 21, 1863. He married Howard Potter's daughter Bertha Howard Potter on January 22, 1906. He died in 1918.[3]
Francis Minturn was born in 1871. He died in 1878 of diphtheria.[9]
Gertrude Minturn was born in New York on June 25, 1872. She married Amos Pinchot in 1900. They divorced in 1918.[10] She died in 1939.[11]
Mildred Minturn was born in New York on November 19, 1875. She married Arthur Hugh Scott on October 30, 1906.[12] She died of cancer on May 17, 1922 in Geneva, Switzerland.[13]
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