Thomas Bateson, Batson or Betson (c.1570 – 16 March 1630) was an Anglo-Irish composer of madrigals and vocal church music in the early 17th century.
Probably born in Cheshire,[1] Bateson was organist of Chester Cathedral from 1599.
In 1612 Bateson was the first Bachelor of Music at Trinity College, Dublin, a degree for which he submitted a seven-voice anthem entitled Holy, Lord God Almighty.
His fame mainly rests on madrigals, which give him an important place among late Elizabethan and Jacobean composers.
He published two sets of madrigals in 1604 and 1618, and both collections have been reprinted in 1922 and again in 1958–60.