Richard John Loveday (1818–1883) was a government surveyor during the early settlement of South Australia.
[2] Loveday, his wife and three children emigrated to South Australia aboard Royal George, arriving in June 1847.
He found employment with the civil service as a surveyor under Surveyor-General Sir Arthur Henry Freeling, and is known for mapping part of Lake Alexandrina.
and Thomas were in 1868 members of George Goyder's survey party that defined the settlement that became Darwin, Northern Territory Loveday died in Adelaide on 15 December 1883.
[2] They had four children: Bridget died in Adelaide in 1852 and Loveday married Susannah Sarah Sadgrove ( –1905) later that same year.