John A. Hadden Jr.
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March 31, 1858
Frances Mactier
John A. Hadden Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Aspinwall Hadden Jr March 31, 1858 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 6, 1931 (aged 72) |
| Spouse |
Marie Torrance
(m. 1892; death 1923) |
| Parent(s) | John Aspinwall Hadden Frances Mactier |
| Relatives | David Hadden (grandfather) Charles Alexander Tomes (cousin) |
John Aspinwall Hadden Jr. (March 31, 1858 – February 6, 1931)[1] was an American socialite and clubman during the Gilded Age.
Hadden was born on March 31, 1858, in New York City.[2] He was the eldest son of John Aspinwall Hadden (d. 1906)[3] and Frances "Fanny" (née Mactier) Hadden. The family lived on Fifth Avenue between 35th and 36th Streets.[4] He was the brother of Alexander Mactier Hadden,[1] a close friend of Edward Coleman Delafield.[5] His father, who collected war medals, was a veteran of the Seventh Regiment and a member of the New-York Historical Society, the American Geographical Society, and a life member of the American Numismatic Society.[6]
His maternal grandfather was Alexander Mactier who lived in New York and Philadelphia.[7] His paternal grandfather was David Hadden, a prominent New York Merchant who was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Ann (née Aspinwall) Hadden, the daughter of William Smith Aspinwall.[7][2]
Society life
In 1892, just a month before he married, Hadden was included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times.[8][9] Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom.[10]
Hadden was a member of the Union Club of the City of New York, the Riding Club and the Badminton Club.[1] The Haddens donated funds to the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.[11]