Anna Murdoch Mann
Anna Murdoch Mann
Anna Murdoch Mann DSG | |
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Born | Anna Maria Torv (1944-06-30)30 June 1944 Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | journalist and novelist |
Net worth | US$1.7 billion (1999) |
Spouse(s) | Rupert Murdoch (m. 1967;div. 1999) William Mann (m. 1999) |
Children | Elisabeth Murdoch Lachlan Murdoch James Murdoch |
Relatives | Anna Torv(niece) |
Anna Maria Mann DSG (née Torv; formerly Murdoch; born 30 June 1944) is a Scottish journalist and novelist. She was married to Rupert Murdoch from 1967 to 1999; the couple had three children.
Anna Murdoch Mann DSG | |
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Born | Anna Maria Torv (1944-06-30)30 June 1944 Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | journalist and novelist |
Net worth | US$1.7 billion (1999) |
Spouse(s) | Rupert Murdoch (m. 1967;div. 1999) William Mann (m. 1999) |
Children | Elisabeth Murdoch Lachlan Murdoch James Murdoch |
Relatives | Anna Torv(niece) |
Biography
Early life
Anna Torv was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1944 to[1][2] Jacob Tõrv, an Estonian-born merchant seaman, and Sylvia Braida, a Scottish drycleaner.[2] Her parents had a drycleaning business in Glasgow, until they emigrated to Australia.[2] When they opened a picnic park outside Sydney and it went bankrupt, her mother left the family household. She has two brothers and one sister. Raised Catholic, she attended a Sisters of Mercy convent school.[2]
Career
Personal life
Elisabeth Murdoch (born 1968)
Lachlan Murdoch (born 1971)
James Murdoch (born 1972)
According to The Independent, the kidnappers and killers of Muriel McKay, wife of Murdoch’s deputy Alick McKay, had originally intended to kidnap Anna Murdoch instead, but confusion arose when the McKays had made use of one of Murdoch's vehicles.[7]
In 1998, she was made a Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the Great.[8]