When Richard Hampden Ludlam was born on 17 October 1892, in Virginia, United States, his father, Richard Henry Ludlam, was 44 and his mother, Lucy Gratton Pleasants, was 41. He married Esther J Biggs on 13 October 1917, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Washington, District of Columbia, United States in 1920 and Richmond, Virginia, United States in 1930. He died in 1974, at the age of 82, and was buried in Richmond, Virginia, United States.