Robert Winthrop (April 18, 1833 – November 18, 1892)[1] was a wealthy banker and capitalist in New York City.

By the late 1860s, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winthrop were large holders of the Manhattan Gas Light Company with 240 shares.

The extent of the Robert Winthrop family wealth would be further revealed during the Pujo Committee investigations.

In 1913, a report issued by the Taft Administration showed that Mrs. Robert Winthrop was the third largest shareholder of National City Bank of New York, while Robert Winthrop & Company was the sixth largest shareholder in the National Bank of Commerce of New York.

Winthrop served as a trustee of the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company and the Orthopedic Hospital.

Socially, Robert Winthrop belonged to the Union, Knickerbocker, Riding, and Metropolitan Clubs.

She was the daughter of Moses Taylor, who was one of the greatest railroad, iron, and coal company financiers and was president of National City Bank for 27 years.

They had six children who lived to adulthood:[2] Winthrop died on November 18, 1892, at his home, 38 East 37th Street in New York City and his funeral was held at Grace Church in Manhattan.

[11] The plantation is today the site of ongoing conservation efforts through game management, and the land remains a token of beautiful low country South Carolina.