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* Catherine Harding (1900–1990), who married polo player Lorillard Suffern Tailer, a son of Thomas Suffern Tailer (a son of [[Edward Neufville Tailer]]) and [[Maude Lorillard Baring|Maude (née Lorillard) Baring]], [[Baron Revelstoke|Baroness Revelstoke]] (a daughter of [[Pierre Lorillard IV]]),<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary 2|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1922/04/04/archives/obituary-2-no-title.html|accessdate=28 February 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=4 April 1922}}</ref> in 1921.<ref name="1921Wedding">{{cite news |title=Miss Harding Weds L. Suffern Tailer; Granddaughter of the Late C.D. Barney Is a Bride at St. Bartholomew's. Capt. Mathis Weds Here Aviator and Miss MacConnell Are Married in Church of Transfiguration--Miss Katz a Bride. |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1921/04/07/archives/miss-harding-weds-l-suffern-tailer-granddaughter-of-the-late-cd.html |accessdate=13 July 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=7 April 1921}}</ref> His younger half-brother was [[Rupert Baring, 4th Baron Revelstoke]].<ref name="Revelstoke1929">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Special Cable to The New York |title=Britain Mourns Loss of Great Financier; Revelstoke's Services for Nation Were Many--Restored the Firm of Baring Brothers. Well Posted on America. Was Privy Concilor. Compared to J.P. Morgan. Was Member of Privy Council. Brothers Served in War. An Oarsman at Eton. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/04/20/archives/britain-mourns-loss-of-great-financier-revelstokes-services-for.html?searchResultPosition=1 |accessdate=13 July 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=20 April 1929}}</ref>
* [[Laura Barney Harding]] (1902–1994), a socialite and philanthropist who was a close friend of actress [[Katharine Hepburn]].<ref name="1929Quits">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Special to The New York |title=Heiress Quits Stage As Identity is Known; Laura Harding Had Taken Maid's Role in Play at a Chicago Theatre. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/10/18/archives/heiress-quits-stage-as-identity-is-known-laura-harding-had-taken.html?searchResultPosition=1 |accessdate=13 July 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=18 October 1929}}</ref><ref name="Mann2007">{{cite book |last1=Mann |first1=William J. |title=Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn |date=2007 |publisher=[[Henry Holt and Company]] |isbn=978-1-4299-2197-8 |page=149 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60tp4b5PiXYC&pg=PA149 |accessdate=13 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[William Barclay Harding]] (1907–1967), who married [[Constance Weissman|Constance Fox]], a granddaughter of Judge [[Morgan J. O'Brien]], in 1929.<ref name="1929Wedding">{{cite news |title=Constance Fox Wed to W.B. Harding; Ceremony in Italian Garden of the Ambassador Arranged to Represent a Chapel. Mgr. Lavelle Officiates Bridal Procession Passes Through Floral Lane--Choir of St. Patrick's Cathedral Sings. Father Escorts the Bride The Bridal Attendants. Reception in Ballroom. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/05/31/archives/constance-fox-wed-to-wb-harding-ceremony-in-italian-garden-of-the-a.html?searchResultPosition=20 |accessdate=10 July 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=31 May 1929}}</ref> They divorced in 1943 and he remarried to Mary Newbold (née Reed) Dodge.<ref name="1967WBHObit">{{cite news |title=William Barclay Harding Dead; Chairman of Smith, Barney, 60; He Helped Realign Structure of Many Corporations Interested in Aviation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/07/01/archives/william-barclay-harding-dead-chairman-of-smith-barney-60-he-helped.html?searchResultPosition=1 |accessdate=10 July 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1 July 1967}}</ref>
 
Harding died of [[influenza]] on January 4, 1929, at 955 [[Fifth Avenue]], his townhouse in Manhattan (later replaced by a [[Rosario Candela]] designed apartment building).<ref name="JHHObit1929">{{cite news |title=J. Horace Harding, Banker, Dies at 65; Director in Many Corporations Had Been Ill Only Since New Year's Night. Influential in Finance He Aided Plans for Beautification of Long Island--Trustee of Frick Art Collection. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/01/05/archives/j-horace-harding-banker-dies-at-65-director-in-many-corporations.html |accessdate=13 July 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=5 January 1929}}</ref><ref name="nycago">{{cite web |title=J. Horace Harding Residence - New York City |url=http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/ResHardingJH.html |website=www.nycago.org |accessdate=13 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="1937Building">{{cite news |title=Apartment to Rise at 955 5th Avenue; 15-Story Structure Planned as Residence of Late J. Horace Harding Is Purchased |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/08/10/archives/apartment-to-rise-at-955-5th-avenuee-15story-structure-planned-as.html?searchResultPosition=17 |accessdate=13 July 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 August 1937}}</ref> After a funeral at [[St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (Manhattan)|St. Bartholomew's Church]] on [[Park Avenue]], he was buried at Saint Paul's Episcopal Churchyard in [[Elkins Park, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="RBRObit1929"/> He left his fortune to his family.<ref name="1929Fortune">{{cite news |title=J.H. Harding Left Fortune to Family; Banker's Will Gives Residue to Widow After $1,300,000 Trusts for Children. Munger Estate $1,500,000 Jersey Importer Bequeaths More Than $900,000 to Charity-- Sister Receives Balance. H.C. Munger Will Aids Charity. Funds Left for Jersey Hospitals. J.W. Kay Estate Put at $1,587,891. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/01/19/archives/jh-harding-left-fortune-to-family-bankers-will-gives-residue-to.html?searchResultPosition=8 |accessdate=13 July 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=19 January 1929}}</ref> His widow died in 1935.<ref name="1935Obit">{{cite news |title=Mrs. J. H. Harding, 63, Arts Patroness, Dies; Widow of Former Chairman of Board of American Railway Express Company. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1935/02/24/archives/mrs-h-harding-63-arts-patroness-dies-widow-of-former-chairman-of.html?searchResultPosition=6 |accessdate=13 July 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=24 February 1935}}</ref>