William Rupert Newland (5 February 1919 – 30 April 1998)[1] was a New Zealand-born studio potter who lived in England after the Second World War.
In 1949 he began a teaching career at the Institute of Education, where his students included James Tower, Nicholas Vergette and Margaret Hine.
He continued at the Institute until 1982, when he retired from teaching In 1949, Newland, Vergette and Hine visited Málaga in Spain where they saw tin-glazed earthenware.
In 1950, they set up a studio in London working in this medium, which was very different from the prevailing fashion for high-fired stoneware represented by Bernard Leach.
Their first exhibition included tiles and walls panels, as a result of which they were commissioned to decorate several coffee bars, which were then new and fashionable.