What is "beatson"

Beatson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Beatson (1759-1833), East India Company office, governor of St. Helena, and experimental agriculturist
• Benjamin Wrigglesworth Beatson, (1803-1874), English classical scholar
• George Beatson (1848-1933), British physician
• George Steward Beatson (d.1874), Scottish doctor
• Patrick Beatson (1758–1800), Scottish-born mariner and shipbuilder
• Robert Beatson (1742-1818), Scottish writer