Sir Thomas Hudson Beare FRSE RSSA was a British engineer. He was successively Professor of Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, at University College, London, and Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh.

The Regius Chair of Engineering is a royal professorship in engineering, established since 1868 in the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The chair is attached to the University's College of Science and Engineering, based in the King's Buildings in Edinburgh. Appointment to the Regius Chair is by Royal Warrant from the British monarch, on the recommendation of Scotland's First Minister.