Charles Welford (1815–85)

Bookseller. Came to New York from London in 1833 and became a clerk at the publishers D. Appleton & Co. Partner, Bartlett & Welford, 1839–52. With Charles Scribner, founded the firm Scribner & Welford for the importation of foreign books in 1857. Returned to London in 1864 to oversee the European side of the business.