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Winthrop was the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Winthrop and a descendant of John Winthrop.
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Clara Winthrop
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The Boston Globe wrote:
"Among the array of relatives who looked after John, none was more important to his education than great-aunt Clara Winthrop, who had no children of her own. She owned an estate in Manchester-by-the-Sea, complete with a bowling alley inside a red barn. Winthrop offered to pay for much of John"s prep school education, an expensive proposition far beyond the means of Kerry"s parents.
"lieutenant was a great and sweet and nice thing from an aunt who had no place to put," Kerry said.
Such a gift today might be worth about $30,000 per year, given the school"s typical annual cost before subsidies."
Winthrop was a world traveler, and is known to have visited India. While on a trip to Italy, Winthrop purchased an oil painting which was thought to be a reproduction of a work by Andrea del Sarto.
The painting hung over the choir stalls in an enormous gilt frame for several years until it was taken down and stored in a closet, and then in the rectory"s attic. The painting was then sold at auction by Sotheby"s for $1,102,500.
The Clara B. Winthrop Trust is named for her.
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