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Society of Patriarchs, the Glossary

Society of Patriarchs was a society founded in 1872 in New York City by Ward McAllister that are known for hosting the Patriarch Balls, the "epitome of conspicuous display and upper-class ritual and etiquette" during the Gilded Age.^[1]

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1872 establishments in New York City
Gentlemen's clubs in New York City
Organizations established in 1872

Almack's

Almack's was the name of a number of establishments and social clubs in London between the 18th and 20th centuries.

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Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley

Anton von Padua Alfred Emil Hubert Georg Graf von Arco auf Valley (5 February 1897 – 29 June 1945), commonly known as Anton Arco-Valley, was a German far-right activist, Bavarian nationalist and nobleman.

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August Belmont

August Belmont Sr. (born Aaron Schönberg; December 8, 1813November 24, 1890) was a German-American financier, diplomat, and politician.

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Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord

Charles Guillaume Frédéric Boson de Talleyrand-Périgord (16 May 1832 – 21 February 1910), prince of Sagan (from 1845), duke of Sagan and duke of Talleyrand (from 1898) was a famous French dandy, and the grandson of Dorothea von Biron.

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British nobility

The British nobility is made up of the peerage and the (landed) gentry.

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Buchanan Winthrop

Thomas Buchanan Winthrop (November 11, 1841December 25, 1900) was an American philanthropist and lawyer who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age.

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Charles D. Lanier

Charles D. Lanier (January 19, 1837 – March 6, 1926) was an American banker, and railroad executive who inherited the bulk of his father's fortune, who was a close friend of J.P. Morgan.

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Cornelius Vanderbilt II

Cornelius "Corneil" Vanderbilt II (November 27, 1843 – September 12, 1899) was an American socialite and a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family.

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Cotillion

The cotillion (also cotillon or French country dance) is a social dance, popular in 18th-century Europe and North America.

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DeLancey Astor Kane

DeLancey Astor Kane (August 28, 1844April 4, 1915) was an American soldier and horseman who was prominent in New York Society during the Gilded Age.

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Delmonico's

Delmonico's is the name of a series of restaurants that operated in New York City, and Greenwich, Connecticut, with the present version located at 56 Beaver Street in the Financial District of Manhattan.

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Dowager

A dowager is a widow or widower who holds a title or property – a "dower" – derived from her or his deceased spouse.

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Edwardes baronets

The Edwardes Baronetcy, of Shrewsbury in the County of Shropshire, was a title in the Baronetage of England.

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George G. Haven Jr.

George Griswold Haven Jr. (June 14, 1866 – July 21, 1925) was an American businessman.

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George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough

George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough, DL (13 May 1844 – 9 November 1892), styled Earl of Sunderland until 1857 and Marquess of Blandford between 1857 and 1883, was a British peer.

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Gilded Age

In United States history, the Gilded Age is described as the period from about the late 1870s to the late 1890s, which occurred between the Reconstruction Era and the Progressive Era.

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Gotham (magazine)

Gotham was a regional magazine founded by publisher Jason Binn in 2001 and published by Niche Media, LLC.

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Grover Cleveland

Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.

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Hermann Speck von Sternburg

Hermann Speck von Sternburg (21 August 1852 Leeds, England – 23 August 1908 Heidelberg, Germany) was a German diplomat.

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J. P. Morgan

John Pierpont Morgan (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.

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James Powell Kernochan

James Powell Kernochan (October 22, 1831 – March 6, 1897) was an American businessman and clubman who was prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age.

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Lily Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough

Lily Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (née Lilian Warren Price) (June 10, 1854 – January 11, 1909) was an American heiress and socialite during the Gilded Age.

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Museum of the City of New York

The Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) is a history and art museum in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

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Robert George Remsen

Robert George Remsen (March 25, 1821 – January 18, 1896) was an American physician who was prominent in New York society.

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Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver.

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The social season, or season, refers to the traditional annual period in the spring and summer when it is customary for members of the social elite of British society to hold balls, dinner parties and charity events.

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The Four Hundred (Gilded Age)

The Four Hundred was a list of New York society during the Gilded Age, a group that was led by Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, the "Mrs.

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The New York Sun

The New York Sun is an American conservative news website and former newspaper based in Manhattan, New York.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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United States Secretary of the Navy

The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is a statutory officer and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department within the United States Department of Defense.

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Ward McAllister

Samuel Ward McAllister (December 28, 1827 – January 31, 1895) was a popular arbiter of social taste in the Gilded Age of America, widely accepted as the authority to which families could be classified as the cream of New York society (The Four Hundred).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Patriarchs

Also known as Patriarch Society.

Society of Patriarchs, the Glossary

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See also

1872 establishments in New York City

Gentlemen's clubs in New York City

Organizations established in 1872

References