Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1831-1889)

Brigadier-General Francis Winthrop Palfrey, of Boston

Associated Houses

Palfrey House

Cambridge

He was an author and founded the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts

Categories

Boston Brahmin Gilded Age Literati & the Arts Military Figures

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Contributed by Mark Meredith on 08/11/2018 and last updated on 13/03/2019.

Portrait of General Palfrey courtesy of the Massachusetts Collection Online

Short Biography of his military career, and memorial - Findagrave