Henry Lindh

Lindh, Henry
Henry Colwell Beadleston Lindh, of Narragansett, Rhode Island, died peacefully in New York City on July 3, 2015. Son of the late Alice Lee Beadleston Lindh and Fritz Philip Lindh, Mr. Lindh was born in New York City on August 14, 1930 and attended The Buckley School, St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and Yale College, receiving his undergraduate degree in economics in 1952. He also received an MBA from Columbia Business School. After service with the United States Army Audit Agency during the Korean War, Mr. Lindh joined Price Waterhouse, becoming a certified public accountant, followed by a distinguished 35 year career on Wall Street, where he was a partner at Faulkner Dawkins & Sullivan and senior vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer of investment firms Wood Gundy & Co. and Richardson Greenshields. For a short time, he was a member of the New York Stock Exchange. He was the breeder and owner of numerous successful thoroughbred race horses including Grade I stakes winner Grecian Flight and was a member of The Thoroughbred Club of America, the Turf & Field Club and the National Steeplechase Association and had been treasurer of the National Horse Show and a trustee of its foundation. Mr. Lindh was very active in charitable organizations, including 50 years on the board of The Seamen's Church Institute of New York and New Jersey, where he served as president and treasurer, and 25 years on the board of The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, serving as chairman, president and treasurer. He had also been a trustee of the Holland Lodge Foundation. He was a life member of the Union Club, ranking number 10 on the seniority list, and serving on the board of governors and as treasurer for a number of years. A descendant through his mother of the very earliest New York families, including Robert Livingston, First Lord of the Manor of Livingston, 1686, John Pell, Second Lord of the Manor of Pelham, 1670, Richard Post of Southampton, Long Island, 1640, and Nicholas Pierre Gouverneur, who came to New Amsterdam in 1663, Mr. Lindh was a member of the New York Society of the Cincinnati, The Huguenot Society of America, where he was president at the time of his death, the Saint Nicholas Society, the Society of Colonial Wars, Holland Society, New England Society and Lords of Manors, as well as Squadron A, the Newport Reading Room, the Clambake Club and the Dunes Club. A kind, thoughtful and generous man, he is survived by his wife Elizabeth Powers Lindh, his son Andrew Seton Post Lindh, his daughter Jennifer Davis Lindh and four grandchildren, Alice Post Lindh Peterson, Phoebe Pell Lindh Peterson, Henry Livingston Post Lindh and William Morgan Pell Lindh. A resident of Greenwich for over 25 years, he was predeceased by his first wife Kathleen Davis Lindh and his brother David E. P. Lindh. Services will be held at 11 o'clock on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at St. James' Church, 865 Madison Avenue, New York City. Interment will be private at Woodlawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The Huguenot Society of America, 20 West 44 St., New York, NY 10036.