Blashfield, John Marriott (1811–1882), terracotta manufacturer, was born on 1 November 1811 in the parish of St James, Westminster, one of at least two sons of John Blashfield (1758/9–1837) and his second wife, Eleanor Ritchie (1779/80–1844). No further details are known of his background and his early life and education are similarly obscure. On ...
