Like his brother Richard Beesly, who obtained an olympic gold medal in rowing, he had an interest in boats and became captain of the boat club.
Beesly was born at Bromsgrove, the son of Gerald Beesly and his wife Helen (née Chamberlain) who was a cousin of Neville Chamberlain.
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