Ridgway William Newland (c. 1788 – 8 March 1864), frequently spelled "Ridgeway", was an English Congregationalist minister who with his large family emigrated to the young colony of South Australia, where he had a considerable influence in the Encounter Bay district.
[1] Newland was the minister of an Independent (as Congregationalists frequently called themselves) church of Hanley, in the Staffordshire Potteries region of England, for around 25 years.
He emigrated to South Australia[2] with his wife Martha, née Keeling, and their six children aboard the Sir Charles Forbes, arriving in June 1839.
He purchased a large property and after considerable effort established a successful farm.
[6] He died of injuries sustained when the mail coach in which he was travelling capsized and all passengers were thrown out.