John Armstrong Chaloner

John Armstrong Chaloner
Portrait of J. A. Chaloner by Rufus W. Holsinger, 1918.
Born	John Armstrong Chaloner October 10, 1862 Manhattan, New York City
Died	June 1, 1935(1935-06-01) (aged 72) Charlottesville, Virginia
Other names	Archie
Occupation	Author, industrialist, philanthropist
Spouse(s)	Amélie Louise Rives (m. 1888; div. 1895)
Parent(s)	John Winthrop Chanler Margaret Astor Ward
Relatives	See Astor family and Livingston family

John "Archie" Armstrong Chaloner (born as John Armstrong Chanler October 10, 1862 - June 1, 1935) was an American writer and activist, known for his catch phrase "Who's looney now?".

Chaloner was born John Armstrong Chanler on October 10, 1862 to Margaret Astor Ward Chanler and John Winthrop Chanler. Chaloner was related to the elite Astor, Livingston, and Stuyvesant families. He and his siblings became orphans after the death of their mother in December 1875 and their father in October 1877, both to pneumonia. The children were raised at their parents' estate in Rokeby, New York. John Winthrop Chanler's will provided $20,000 a year for each child for life, enough to live comfortably by the standards of the time.

Chaloner had ten brothers and sisters, of whom he was the oldest, including the politician Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler and the artist Robert Winthrop Chanler. His sister Margaret Livingston Chanler served as a nurse with the American Red Cross during the Spanish–American War. Chaloner's brother Winthrop Astor Chanler served in the Rough Riders in Cuba and was wounded at the Battle of Tayacoba. His brother William Astor Chanler was a noted soldier and explorer and was elected to the US Congress in 1898. His sister Elizabeth Astor Winthrop Chanler married author John Jay Chapman.

Chaloner received some schooling in England and later returned to the United States, where he received his Bachelor's and master's degrees at Columbia University. Chaloner went on study at the Collège de France and the Ecole des Sciences Politiques. On his twenty-first birthday in 1883, Chaloner inherited the estate at Rokeby along with $100,000 for its maintenance, however after his marriage began to disintegrate, he sold the title to his sister Margaret for a nominal fee and moved to North Carolina.