Background
Winterbotham was the son of Lindsey Winterbotham, a banker, of Stroud and his wife Sarah Anne Selfe Page.
Winterbotham was the son of Lindsey Winterbotham, a banker, of Stroud and his wife Sarah Anne Selfe Page.
He was educated at Amersham School, Buckinghamshire, and at University College, London, graduating with honours, Bachelor in 1856, and Bachelor of Laws in 1859.
He was a Hume Scholar in Jurisprudence in 1858, and a Hume Scholar in Political Economy and University Law Scholar in 1859. In 1860, he was elected Fellow of his college and called to the bar at Lincoln"s Inn. He was in practice at the chancery bar and as a conveyancer.
In 1870 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, an office he held until his death.
Winterbotham died in Rome in December 1873, aged 36, allegedly from overwork.
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Winterbotham was as an elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Stroud at a by-election on 20 August 1867 and held the seat until his death in 1873.