page_title: Henry Grinnell
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Grinnell / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: "Fanny" Watts was a childhood friend of the artist. The painting was the first that Sargent submitted to the Paris Salon
context_page_description: Henry Grinnell was an American merchant and philanthropist.
context_section_description: On June 12, 1822, Grinnell was married to Sarah Minturn (d. 1881) the daughter of William Minturn Jr. and Sarah (née Bowne) Minturn from the prominent merchant and shipping family. Together, they were the parents of:
  Cornelius Grinnell (1825–1869), who lived in London and died unmarried.
  Sarah Minturn Grinnell (1827–1905), who married Ridley Watts (d. 1892) in 1851.
  Robert Minturn Grinnell (1829–1898), who first married Isabella Musgrave. After her death, he married Sophie Van Alen (d. 1916), sister of Brig. Gen. James Henry Van Alen.
  William Minturn Grinnell (1831–1870), who died unmarried in Arkansas.
  Mary Minturn Grinnell (b. 1834), who died young.
  Henry Howland Grinnell (b. 1836), who also died young.
  Sylvia Howland Grinnell (b. 1838), who married William Fitzherbert Ruxton (born 1830) who became an admiral in the British Royal Navy.
  Mary Minturn Grinnell (1841–1847), who died young.
  Henry Walton Grinnell (1843–1920), who had a distinguished naval career.
  Grinnell died on June 30, 1874 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.  In 1880, the British Government presented his widow with a lady's desk made from timbers from the recently demolished HMS Resolute.  This was not the Resolute desk, but a companion desk made from other timbers from the same vessel.
caption: Portrait of Grinnell's granddaughter, Frances Sherborne Ridley Watts, by John Singer Sargent, 1877
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