Richard William Fereday (c.1820–30 August 1899) was a New Zealand lawyer, entomologist and artist.
He was born in Ettingshall, Staffordshire, England in 1820 to John Turton Fereday, an ironmaster and his wife, Ann Cecilia Heming.
[1][2] He married Mary Ann Parker Purcell on March 15 1851 and they emigrated to New Zealand in 1862.
[1] Feredey was admitted as barrister and solicitor in 1864 and practiced in Christchurch, becoming an inaugural member of the Canterbury District Law Society where he served as vice president from 1885 to 1888.
He collected species of moths and butterflies, sending specimens to scientists in Europe.