Herbert Winslow

Herbert Winslow, circa 1910

Herbert Winslow (1848 – September 25, 1914) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.[1]

Biography

He was born in 1848 in Roxbury, Massachusetts to John Ancrum Winslow.[1] He entered the Navy Academy in July 1865 and graduated four years later.[2] He married Elizabeth Maynard (December 1854 - March 3, 1899), daughter of Lafayette Maynard, in 1876.[1][3][4] He commanded the USS Fern at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba on July 3, 1898. His wife died in 1899.[3] He retired on September 22, 1910 on account of his age[2] and moved to Cherbourg, France.[1]

He was a hereditary companion of the Massachusetts Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States by right of his father's service in the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

He died in Florence, Italy on September 25, 1914.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Admiral H. Winslow Dead. Commanded the Fern at Battle of Santiago. In Navy 42 Years" (PDF). New York Times. September 26, 1914. Retrieved 2009-07-23. He was in command of the United States ship Fern at tim battle of Santiago, and ... Navy Yard when he was retired after a service of twenty-three Years at sea ...
  2. 1 2 "Rear Admiral Winslow Retired". New York Tribune. 23 September 1910. p. 13.
  3. 1 2 "Mrs. Herbert Winslow Dead" (PDF). New York Times. March 5, 1899. Retrieved 2009-07-23. Lieut. Commander Herbert Winslow, executive of the training station, has been summoned to Rochester, N.Y., where his wife died suddenly early this ...
  4. ↑ "Births, Marriages, Deaths". The San Francisco Call. 4 March 1899. p. 11.


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