- Ward McAllister - Wikipedia
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)
- Ward McAllister | Society Leader, Elite Parties Gilded Age - Britannica
Ward McAllister (born December 1827, Savannah, Ga , U S —died Jan 31, 1895, New York City) was a U S lawyer and social leader who originated the phrase “the Four Hundred” to designate New York City’s society leaders
- The Gilded Age on HBO: The real story of Ward McAllister, Nathan Lanes . . .
McAllister, played by a mustachioed Nathan Lane, sweeps into the Russells’ home and appraises their (borrowed) butler: “An English butler! That’s a good start!”
- Who Was Ward McAllister? - Nathan Lane Interview About His Gilded Age . . .
This week, The Gilded Age introduces Ward McAllister, Mrs Astor's gatekeeper played by Nathan Lane Here, Lane speaks about his character and who the real life McAllister was
- Ward McAllister (1827-1895) - American Aristocracy
In 1890, he authored Society As I Have Found It, the publication of which brought about his social downfall - those mentioned within resented the invasion of their privacy and McAllister's appetite for publicity He died five years later in social disgrace, dining alone at the Union Club in New York
- Ward McAllister - The Gilded Age Wiki
Samuel Ward McAllister an American socialite known for coining the phrase "the Four Hundred", believing that there are only four hundred people in fashionable New York society, and maintains the elite list
- Who is Ward McAllister in The Gilded Age? - HistoryExtra
Ward McAllister (played by Nathan Lane in The Gilded Age) is remembered as a socially ambitious Southern gentleman from Savannah, Georgia Born in 1827, McAllister later moved from Georgia to California with his father, establishing a law firm and making a fortune
- Ward McAllister: The Archetype of Vanity in the Gilded Age
With his blend of vanity, social intelligence, and normative rigor, Ward McAllister represents the attempt to impose rules and elegance on a transforming world — and his story is also a study of the limits of individual influence within volatile structures of prestige
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