Richard Caton

Richard Caton (1763 – May 19, 1845) was an Englishman who became a Baltimore merchant and real estate developer. Caton married into the Carroll family of Carrollton and was the father of four daughters, all of whom married prominent Europeans, including members of the British aristocracy. Early life Caton was born in 1763 in Lancashire, England. He was a son of John Caton and the brother of Dorothy Caton, who married William Woodville, grandparents of artist Richard Caton Woodville, himself the father of artist Richard Caton Woodville Jr. Career Caton left England and settled in Baltimore in 1785 as a merchant involved in the manufacture of cotton goods.