[1] As a young man he was a cricketer, representing Wellington College in Berkshire where he studied between 1925-1927 and Kent Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship in 1930.
[4] Beren's eldest son of three,[4] Richard Wilfrid Beavoir, was born on 18 February 1933 and later educated at Eton.
[5] An article from The London Gazette, dated 22 November 1938, mentions Berens as residing at 41 Bishopsgate, London and that with Leslie Robert Friend-Smith he was appointed as a joint liquidator in a special resolution passed by the Bishmore Trust Limited.
[6] On 27 June 1939, Berens was deployed under the Royal Armoured Corps to serve in Egypt and Libya during World War II.
[4][9] He died on 27 October 1981 and is mentioned in The London Gazette on 29 January 1982 as being a "merchant banker" by profession and residing at Bentworth Hall until his death.