Rudolph Wilhelm Emil Henning (c. 1834 – 24 November 1884) was a businessman and politician of German origin in the early days of the British colony of South Australia.
[1] Henning came to Adelaide, South Australia aboard Pauline from Germany in December 1849, with his father, mother and their nine children, including himself.
Afterwards he purchased, in partnership with R. D. Ross and John Baker, the Angipena, Motpena, and Artemar stations, in the north.
[1][3] He was a somewhat prominent in the House, taking great pains in the preparation of his speeches, but was generally criticised as holding pessimistic views regarding the future of the colony.
[2] His health started to deteriorate in early 1883 and for a considerable time was unable to leave his home on East Terrace, where he died on 24 November 1884 (aged 51).