Cameron McRae Winslow

Cameron McRae Winslow
Admiral Cameron McRae Winslow
Born	(1854-07-29)July 29, 1854 Washington, D.C.
Died	January 2, 1932(1932-01-02) (aged 77) Boston, Massachusetts
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1874–1916, c. 1917–1919
Rank	Admiral
Unit	USS Nashville
Commands held	USS Charleston USS New Hampshire U.S. Pacific Fleet
Battles/wars	Spanish–American War World War I
Relations	Rear Admiral John A. Winslow

Admiral Cameron McRae Winslow (29 July 1854 – 2 January 1932) served in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War and World War I. A son of Commander Francis Winslow (I) (1818–1862), (Cameron's father, who also fought in the Civil War, and died of Yellow Fever in 1862 while in command of the USS R. R. Cuyler (1860), was a first cousin of John A. Winslow.)

He was a first cousin once removed of Rear Admiral John A. Winslow, who served in the Civil War and is best known as the commanding officer of the USS Kearsarge which defeated the CSS Alabama.

Cameron McRae Winslow was born in Washington, D.C. His older brother was Lieutenant Francis Winslow (II) USN; his younger brother, Arthur Winslow, was the grandfather of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Lowell. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1874, after which followed years of extensive sea duty.

He was married to Theodora Havemeyer (c. 1877–1945), one of the many children of sugar baron Theodore A. Havemeyer and Emilie De Loosey Havemeyer.

Winslow was the great great great grandson of Major General John Stark, a distinguished soldier from New Hampshire during the American Revolution. In 1915 he joined the New Hampshire Society of the Cincinnati with General Stark as his propositus.

Winslow was the father of Cameron McRae Winslow, Jr. (1901-1981), who graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1924. Winslow, Jr. received the Navy Cross for heroism while in command of the armed guard on board the S.S. Chi Ping from 12 March to 14 March 1930, on the Yangtze River, near Ichang, China. While moving on the river, the vessel was taken under heavy fire on several occasions from Chinese soldiers. Winslow returned fire promptly so that in each instance the attack was repulsed and the vessel permitted to continue its voyage. During an attack on 14 March, Winslow was struck in the thigh by a rifle bullet. He did not give up command of his detachment but continued firing a machine gun. He served in the early years of World War II and was retired from the Navy for medical reasons on April 1, 1943 with the rank of lieutenant commander. In retirement he lived in Newport, Rhode Island.