 In 1923, he spoke at one of Adolf Hitler's meetings in Munich, and met Julius Streicher in Nuremberg in 1937.Beamish settled in South Rhodesia in 1938, where he served as an independent MP between 1938 and 1940, then was interned for three years during World War II due to his pro-Nazi sentiments.Upon his release, Beamish returned to England and died in March 1948, aged 74.