Charles Richard Alsop

Charles Richard Alsop (December 25, 1802 – March 5, 1865) was an American politician. Early life Alsop was born in Middletown, Connecticut on Christmas Day, December 25, 1802. He was the son of Joseph Wright Alsop (1772–1844) and Lucy (née Whittlesey) Alsop (1773–1856). His sister, Lucy Alsop, was married to Henry Chauncey, of the firm of Alsop & Chauncey, who founded the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in 1848. He was descended from a family that was long prominent in business and politics, including his cousin Richard Alsop and great-uncle Continental Congressman John Alsop. Charles' younger brother, Joseph Wright Alsop, Jr. (1804–1878), was the father of Joseph Wright Alsop III (1838–1891), who was the father of Joseph Wright Alsop IV (1876–1953) who married Corinne Douglas Robinson (1886–1971), a niece of Theodore Roosevelt, and were the parents of Joseph Wright Alsop V (1910–1989) and Stewart Alsop (1914–1974), both American newspaper journalists and political analysts. He graduated from Yale College in 1821.