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Donald was born in [[Farnborough, Hampshire|Farnborough]], [[Hampshire]], the only son of [[Brigadier general (United Kingdom)|Brigadier General]] [[Archibald Bentley Beauman]] [[CBE]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] and [[Medal bar|Bar]] (30 November 1888-22 March 1977). He had a career as a [[Hotel manager|hotelier]] but began [[motor racing]] in 1950.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16005385 |title=Find a Grave - Don Beauman |last1=Narramore |first1=Paul |last2= |first2= |date=5 October 2006 |website=www.findagrave.com |publisher= |accessdate=19 August 2014}}</ref>
Beauman ran a [[Cooper Car Company|Cooper 500]] for two years in Formula Three before switching to [[sports car racing]], and took on Formula One in 1954 with a [[Connaught Engineering|Connaught]] A-Type, sponsored by wealthy privateer Sir Jeremy Boles. He finished eleventh in the [[1954 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]] at [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]]. He achieved some success in [[Formula Two]], with several third and fourth place finishes and a second place in the Madgwick Cup at [[Goodwood Circuit|Goodwood]]. 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 (133.45 km/h) on his first lap but crashed near the Beehive [[pub]] on his second and was killed instantly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicracing.com/driver_az.cfm?type=drivers_alpha&tStartRow=1&AlphaIndex=B&driverID=1830 |title=Don Beauman |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=http://www.historicracing.com/ |publisher= |accessdate=21 August 2014}}</ref> Beauman's death plus other fatal racing accidents that year brought an end to motor car racing at the [[Curragh]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Traynor |first=Michael |title=Iona National Airways: Irelands First Commercial Airline |publisher=Michael Traynor |year=2004 |location= |page=93 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=S1oIrPQNJcAC&pg=PA93 |isbn=0-9549194-0-8 }}</ref>
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