Octavius Ryland (c. 24 June 1800 – 8 May 1886) was a convict transported to Western Australia, who later became one of the colony's ex-convict school teachers. Born in London in 1800 and baptised on 24 June of that year, Octavius Ryland was the eight son of Richard Ryland and Harriet Croft, daughter of Sir Archer Croft, baronet. Ryland married Mary Ann Muggeridge on 27 September 1826. By 1850, he was widowed with two children, and working either as a corn or coin dealer; these are alternative transcriptions of the handwritten records. That year, he was tried at the Old Bailey for extortion, and on 10 June was sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude. He spent two years at the Newgate Jail, including nine months of solitary confinement. He was then transported to Western Australia, arriving a
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