Roger Beckwith (other)
Roger Beckwith may refer to: * Sir Roger Beckwith (died 1700), 1st Beckwith baronet * Sir Roger Beckwith (1682-1743), 2nd Beckwith baronet and High Sheriff of Yorkshire * Wilhelm von Brincken (also known as Roger Beckwith) German diplomat and spy during World War I who went on to become an American character actor * Roger T. Beckwith Roger Thomas Beckwith was an English church historian and liturgist who served from 1973 to 1994 as the Warden of Latimer House, Oxford. Among his works were Priesthood and Sacraments', Elders in Every City: The Origin and Role of the Ordained Min ...

Beckwith Baronets
The Beckwith Baronetcy, of Aldborough in the County of York, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 15 April 1681 for Roger Beckwith. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Yorkshire between 1706 and 1707. The third Baronet was a merchant in Virginia and Clerk of the County of Richmond (and the grandfather of the trapper and businessman James Beckwourth James Pierson Beckwourth (April 26, 1798/1800 – October 20, 1866) was an American fur trapper, rancher, businessman, explorer, author and scout. Known as "Bloody Arm" because of his skill as a fighter, Beckwourth was of multiracial descent, b ...). The title became either extinct or dormant on the death of the fourth Baronet. Beckwith baronets, of Aldborough (1681) * Sir Roger Beckwith, 1st Baronet (d. 1700) * Sir Roger Beckwith, 2nd Baronet (1682–1743) * Sir Marmaduke Beckwith, 3rd Baronet (1687–) * Sir Jonathan Beckwith, 4th Baronet (died December 1796) References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beckwith Exti ...
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High Sheriff Of Yorkshire
The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. Sheriff is a title originating in the time of the Angles, not long after the invasion of the Kingdom of England, which was in existence for around a thousand years. A list of the sheriffs from the Norman Conquest onwards can be found below. The Shrievalties are the oldest secular titles under the Crown in England and Wales, their purpose being to represent the monarch at a local level, historically in the shires. The office was a powerful position in earlier times, especially in the case of Yorkshire, which covers a very large area. The sheriffs were responsible for the maintenance of law and order and various other roles. Some of their powers in Yorkshire were relinqu ...
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Wilhelm Von Brincken
Wilhelm von Brincken (May 27, 1881 – January 18, 1946), also known as Wilhelm L. von Brincken, William Vaughn, William von Brinken, and William Vaughan, was a German diplomat and spy during World War I, who went on to become an American character actor of the silent film, silent and sound film, talkie eras. Personal life Von Brincken was born on May 27, 1881, in Flensburg, German Empire, Germany. His father was a German diplomat from Prussia, as well as being a baron. While a student at Military Telegraph School in Berlin, he engaged in a sword duel. While he won, the event left him with a permanent facial scar. He graduated from the University of Strasbourg, as well as the Potsdam War College. Von Brincken was an officer in the German cavalry, being a lieutenant in the Royal Saxon Army, Royal Saxon Cavalry. Von Brincken had a ranch near Sunnyvale, California. In 1910, he married Alice Roedel of San Mateo, California, San Mateo, in Blankenburg (Harz), Blankenburg, German ...
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