Robert Bowne Minturn, Jr.

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Robert B. Minturn, Jr. (born New York, 21 February 1836, died 15 December 1889), was an American shipping magnate of the mid- to late 19th century.

Robert was the son of Robert Bowne Minturn (Sr.) and Anna Mary Wendell, in New York City. 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 is 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.

He married Sarah Susannah Shaw (born Massachusetts, 1839, died 1926), the sister of Robert Gould Shaw. They had a number of children:

Robert Shaw Minturn (born New York, August 1863)

Sarah May Minturn (born Staten Island, N.Y., 3 September 1865); married Henry Dwight Sedgwick III

Edith Minturn (born New York, ca. 1868)

Gertrude Minturn (born New York, June 1872)

Mildred Minturn (born New York, November 1875)

Hugh Minturn (born New York, September 1882)

As Vice President of the railroad that founded the town of Minturn, Colorado, he gave his name to that town.