The son of Benjamin Winthrop, director of the Bank of England, he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, and Edinburgh University, and was a physician at Bury St Edmunds (1797-1803), Warwick (1803-10), London, and Tunbridge.

REFERENCES TO Stephen Winthrop:

Samuel Parr to Hannah Edwards, [1813] in Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828)