Robert Watson Winston (September 12, 1860 – October 14, 1944) was a North Carolina state legislator, lawyer and author who wrote substantial early 20th-century biographies of

Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a Dem ...

Jefferson Davis Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a ...

, and

Robert E. Lee Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, towards the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Nort ...

. He was a North Carolina Superior Court judge from 1889 to 1895. He was a principal of the law firm Aycock & Winston, his partner being former North Carolina governor

Charles B. Aycock Charles Brantley Aycock (November 1, 1859 – April 4, 1912) was the 50th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1901 to 1905. After starting his career as a lawyer and teacher, he became active in the Democratic Party during the part ...

. The son of Patrick Henry Winston and Martha

Byrd Byrd commonly refers to: * William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623), an English composer of the Renaissance * Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), an American naval officer and explorer Byrd or Byrds may also refer to: Other people * Byrd (surname), includin ...

of Windsor Castle in Bertie County, his brother

Francis D. Winston Francis Donnell Winston (October 2, 1857 – January 26, 1941) was a North Carolina politician and judge who served as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1905 to 1909 under Governor Robert B. Glenn. Francis Winston, originally ...

was a North Carolina lieutenant governor and also a North Carolina judge. Their brother

George T. Winston George Tayloe Winston (October 12, 1852 – August 26, 1932) was an American educator and university administrator. Early years Winston was born at Windsor, North Carolina, to Patrick Henry Winston and Martha Elizabeth Byrd, and the brother of F ...

was president of University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Robert W. Winston contributed to the establishment of the Durham Public Library and the Bank of Chapel Hill, and was a president of the

North Carolina Historical Society North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

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