Arthur Scott Burden (August 11, 1879 – June 15, 1921)[1] was an American banker, equestrian, and member of the young set of New York society during the Gilded Age.

[1] He later purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and became a banker, working until his fall from during a hunting trip in England and then from a horse while playing polo at his estate in Jericho on Long Island, in 1913.

[1] His wife and sister-in-law were very close friends and "were girls of exceptional charm and vivacity and few rivals for popularity at the dances and other entertainments of those days.

Among her siblings was brother Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.

Together, they were the parents of a daughter:[9] In late 1913, Burden fell twice from his horse and sustained injuries that caused him to be placed under constant care.

As a result, in May 1921, his brother James filed a petition while his sister-in-law, Cynthia Roche's, was away in London, requesting that he be declared incompetent.