Background
Blatchford, Richard Milford was born on April 23, 1798 in Stratford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Samuel and Alicia (Windeatt) Blatchford.
Blatchford, Richard Milford was born on April 23, 1798 in Stratford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Samuel and Alicia (Windeatt) Blatchford.
Graduate Union College, 1815.
1 son, Samuel. Admitted to New York bar, 1820. Appointed counsel and financial agent Bank of England in the United States, 1826. Elected member of New York Assembly, 1855.
Appointed United States minister to States of the Church, Rome, 1862.
Became commissioner public parks New York City, 1872.
Member of New York Assembly, 1855.
Married Julia Ann Munford, May 17, 1819. Married second, Angelica Hamilton, November 8, 1860.