Patrick John Murdoch

Patrick John Murdoch was a Scottish-Australian Presbyterian minister, known for being the father of Keith Murdoch and the grandfather of Rupert Murdoch. He acted as an assistant at the Scots Church in Regent Square in London and at Aberdeen South Free Church before being ordained as a minister at Cruden in 1878. In 1884, he emigrated to the Colony of Victoria with his parents (James and Helen Murdoch) and his wife Annie. After three years at West Melbourne Presbyterian Church, Murdoch was called to Trinity Church, Camberwell, where he served from 1887 to 1928. He also served as moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria in 1898–99 and Moderator General of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in 1905–06.