Birth Name: Malcolm Bligh Turnbull
Place of Birth: Sydney, Australia
Date of Birth: 24 October 1954
Ethnicity: English, some Scottish
Malcolm Turnbull is an Australian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he became Prime Minister of Australia on September 14, 2015.
Prime Minister Turnbull is the son of Coral Lansbury (Carol Magnolia Lansbury), an academic and writer, and Bruce Bligh Turnbull.
Prime Minister Turnbull’s paternal grandparents were Frederick Bligh Turnbull (the son of James Bligh Turnbull and Eliza Cox Gosper) and Mary Agnes Brown (the daughter of James Brown and Margaret Snodgrass).
Prime Minister Turnbull’s maternal grandfather was Oscar Vincent Stephen Lansbury (the son of Arthur Thomas Lansbury and Ellen Selina Smith). Arthur was born in London, England, to Thomas Lansbury and Mary Elizabeth. Ellen was the daughter of John Joseph Smith and Eliza Woods.
Prime Minister Turnbull’s maternal grandmother was May Morle (the daughter of William Bushby Morle and Alice Harriett/Harriet Hawes). May was born in London, England. William was the son of Thomas Busby Morle and Elizabeth. Alice was the daughter of John Stabsnal/Warmoll Hawes and Sarah Morley.
Prime Minister Turnbull has said:
My mother always used to say that her mother’s family was Jewish… Whether that’s true or not, I don’t know. She wasn’t always the most reliable source of information, I’m afraid. And she may not have been sure herself.
There is no particular evidence of Jewish forebears in the genealogy of Prime Minister Turnbull’s maternal grandmother, May Morle.
Sources: Genealogy of Malcolm Turnbull – http://www.geni.com
Prime Minister Turnbull’s maternal grandmother, May Morle, on the 1901 England and Wales Census – https://familysearch.org