John Aspinwall Hadden Jr. (March 31, 1858 – February 6, 1931) was an American socialite and clubman during the

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Early life

Hadden was born on March 31, 1858, in

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. He was the eldest son of John Aspinwall Hadden (d. 1906) and Frances "Fanny" (

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Mactier) Hadden. The family lived on

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between

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and 36th Streets. He was the brother of Alexander Mactier Hadden, a close friend of

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. 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. His maternal grandfather was Alexander Mactier who lived in New York and Philadelphia. His paternal grandfather was

David Hadden David Hadden (October 13, 1773 – June 3, 1856) was a Scottish-American merchant who served as the president of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York. Early life Hadden was born at Aberdeen, Scotland on October 13, 1773, and on Sep ...

, a prominent New York Merchant who was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Ann (née Aspinwall) Hadden, the daughter of William Smith Aspinwall.

Society life

In 1892, just a month before he married, Hadden was included in Ward McAllister's "

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", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in ''

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''. Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into

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's ballroom. Hadden was a member of the Union Club of the City of New York, the Riding Club and the Badminton Club. The Haddens donated funds to the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Personal life

On March 10, 1892, Hadden was married to Marie Torrance (1858–1923), the daughter of Daniel Torrance and Sophia Johnson (née Vanderbilt) Torrance. Marie's paternal grandfather was merchant and entrepreneur

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and her maternal grandfather was Commodore

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. Her brother Alfred Torrance was married to Louise Anthony, whom she later divorced to marry the Torrance cousin, Frederick William Vanderbilt. Her sister Adelaide Torrance was married Meredith Howland. John and Marie did not have any children. His wife died in 1923. Hadden died of

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on February 6, 1931, in

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. He was buried alongside his wife in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadden, John A. 1858 births 1931 deaths American socialites Socialites from New York City