Adele Warden Paxson (1913 – December 27, 2000) was an American socialite, philanthropist, conservationist, and a Champion breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses.Born Adele Corning Warden, she was the daughter of Helen Corning and her husband Clarence Warden. On January 3, 1936, she married attorney Henry Douglas Paxson, a partner in a Philadelphia law firm with Richardson Dilworth. The couple had two daughters, Mary Helen and Sally.