[2] In 1971, aged 82, Beeson married his second wife, Mrs Margaret Athalie Baldwin Carbury, formerly of Kenya, daughter of Cecil William Allen.

[3] In the summers of 1906 and 1907 Beeson and Lawrence toured France by bicycle, collecting photographs, drawings and measurements of medieval castles.

[1] The IFS seconded him to study tropical and forest entomology in London and Germany, after which he first served in the Punjab.

[2] Beeson's first book, The Ecology and Control of the Forest Insects of India and the Neighbouring Countries was published in 1941.

[2] The scale insect genus Beesonia was named after Beeson who collected specimens described by Edward Ernest Green in 1926.

[7] When the couple moved to Adderbury, Beeson began to collect antique clocks, many of which originated from Oxfordshire.

[2] He contributed many articles to the AHS's quarterly academic journal Antiquarian Horology, and edited it for the year 1959–60.

[2] In 1962 the AHS and BHS jointly published the first edition of Beeson's monograph, Clockmaking in Oxfordshire 1400–1850.

[2] In 1924 the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford started a small collection of historic clocks and watches.

[2] In 1971 the Museum published a broader study by Beeson, English Church Clocks 1280–1850: History and Classification.

[3] In 1972 Lord Bullock, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford opened the Museum of the History of Science's Beeson Room to house its horological collection.