Terence Richard Beatson was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon for the Isle of Man Health Service. He was born in Garstang, Lancashire, the son of John Beatson, an Army officer, and Elizabeth Eva Beatson. He was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, where he was captain of the rugby, cricket and athletics teams, and head of school, and went on to study medicine at St Mary's Hospital Medical School. He qualified in 1951 and held house posts at St Mary's Hospital. From 1952 to 1968 he served in the Royal Air Force Medical Branch, during which time he trained as a general surgeon and orthopaedic surgeon, being appointed as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in 1964. During this time, he spent a year on attachment at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry (from 1960 to 1961). He left the RAF with the rank of wing commander and joined the North Birmingham Health District as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. He subsequently moved on to the Isle of Man Health Service. Outside medicine he continued playing rugby. From 1949 to 1953 he played for Lancashire County XV and in 1953 captained the Combined Services team. In 1949 he married Julia Harlow, a nurse at St Mary's. They had four children - Linda, Sara, Joanna and Richard. Terence Richard Beatson died on 29 July 2010. He was 82.