Background
Beauman was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, the only son of Brigadier General Archibald Bentley Beauman Commander of the Order of the British Empire Defence Science Organisation and Bar (30 November 1888 – 22 March 1977).
Beauman was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, the only son of Brigadier General Archibald Bentley Beauman Commander of the Order of the British Empire Defence Science Organisation and Bar (30 November 1888 – 22 March 1977).
He had a career as a hotelier but began motor racing in 1950. Beauman ran a Cooper 500 for two years in Formula Three before switching to sports car racing, and took on Formula One in 1954 with a Connaught A-Type, sponsored by wealthy privateer Sir Jeremy Boles. He finished eleventh in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
In 1955, the weekend before the British Grand Prix, he was killed when he crashed his Connaught during the Leinster Trophy race in Wicklow.
He had set the fastest time of 82.94 mph (13345 km/h) on his first lap but crashed near the Beehive public on his second and was killed instantly. Beauman"s death plus other fatal racing accidents that year brought an end to motor car racing at the Curragh.