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Henry Lyman Parsons
Beckwith
Henry
Lyman Parsons Beckwith was born 22 May, 1935 in Providence,
Rhode Island, the eldest son of Henry L.P. and Sarah
Cutler (Greene) Beckwith. He is married to Alice
Hayes (Reid) Hauck Beckwith, and they currently reside
in Wickford, Rhode Island.
Memberships
* Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Rhode
Island and Providence
Plantations (Secretary)
* Order of the Crown in America
* Saint Nicholas Society of The City of New York
* General Society of Colonial Wars (former Governor of
the State of Rhode
Island and Providence Plantations Society)
* Colonial Order of the Acorn
* Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
* Society of Descendants of Knights of the Garter
* Aztec Club of 1847
* Order of Founders and Patriots of America
* Military Order of the Loyal Legion of The United
States
* Order of Indian Wars of the United States
* General Society Sons of the Revolution
* National Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution
* Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons and Daughters
of the Kings of Britain
* Huguenot Society of South Carolina
* Artillery Company of the City of Newport, Rhode
Island
Heraldry
Mr. Beckwith has been interested in heraldry since
childhood. He has been Secretary of the
Standing Committee on Heraldry of the
New England Historic and Genealogical Society, founded
in 1864. It is the oldest unofficial body concerned with
heraldry in the world. Mr. Beckwith has served
in this role since 1969, a post he inherited from a
distant kinsman. He
belongs to several international heraldic groups, and has
published a number of studies on armory in various
journals. Mr. Beckwith has also been qualified
and has given testimony as an expert witness in
Federal Court in the areas of heraldry, flags, seals,
and cognate matters.
Mr. Beckwith also serves on The Heraldry Committee of
the
New York Genealogical and
Biographical Society, founded in 1869.
Other Notes
Mr. Beckwith is the fourth generation of his
family to serve the Diocese of Rhode Island as a
member of The Committee of Management of the Old
Narragansett Church, built in 1707. He is the
third generation member of his family to serve as a
member of the trustee board of The Gilbert Stuart
Memorial. He has served as served as a trustee
of the Rhode Island Historical Society, and is a a
co-life trustee of the Greene Cemetery Fund. In
addition, Mr. Beckwith has served as a trustee of the
Anne Kinsolving Brown Military Collection, now owned
by Brown University.
Mr. Beckwith has also served on a number of committees
and commissions of the Town of North Kingstown, Rhode
Island, including the Conservation Committee and Tree
Board; the Historic District Commission; the Wickford
Planning Committee; and formerly on The Updike Park
Restoration Committee, which he also chaired.
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