Birth Name: Keith Rupert Murdoch
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of Birth: March 11, 1931
Ethnicity: Scottish, English, 1/8th Irish
Rupert Murdoch is an Australian-born American media proprietor and entrepreneur. He is the son of Elisabeth Joy (Greene), a philanthropist, and Keith Arthur Murdoch, a journalist. Among his previous wives is businessperson Wendi Deng Murdoch, with whom he has two children.
Rupert’s paternal grandfather was The Rev. Patrick John Murdoch (the son of The Rev. James Murdoch and Helen Murdoch Garden). The Rev. Patrick, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Rev. James, a minister in the Free Church of Scotland, was born in Stirling, Scotland, the son of Peter Murdoch and Isabella McNie/MacNee. Helen was born in Pitsligo, the daughter of Francis Garden and Helen Young.
Rupert’s paternal grandmother was Anne/Annie Brown (the daughter of The Rev. George Brown and May Smith Leith Shepherd). The Rev. George was a Presbyterian minister.
Rupert’s maternal grandfather was Rupert Greene (the son of William Henry Greene and Fanny Greene Covett). William was born in Drogheda, Ireland. Fanny was born in Launceston, Australia, the daughter of George Covett.
Rupert’s maternal grandmother was Marie Grace de Lancey Forth (the daughter of Robert “de Lancey” Forth and Anne Thomson Ware). Robert was born in Warrnambool, Australia, the son of Frederick Henry Alexander Forth and Caroline Jemima Sherson; Frederick was born in Ludlow, England. Rupert’s great-grandmother Anne Ware was born in Kort Kort Nong, Australia, the daughter of Jeremiah George Ware and Anne McRobie; Jeremiah was born in London, England, and Anne was born in Tasmania, Australia, to Scottish parents.
Sources: Genealogies of Rupert Murdoch – http://www.geni.com
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