Margaret Doyle (announcer)

Doyle was the eldest daughter of Trevor Mervyn Doyle (born 26 April 1883) of Tamworth and Winifred Amy Doyle (née Szchille) (died 11 February 1957) of Sydney.^[6][7][8]

She married the pastoralist George Wallace Henderson (died 2002) on 8 April 1941 and they lived on their property 'Rannoch', near Blayney. They did not have children.

The Hendersons were generous philanthropists and patrons of the arts, especially opera and music. They were involved in numerous scholarships and donations.^[9]

In 1993, the Margaret Henderson Scholarship was established at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music from personal donations made by Doyle and, in 1996, she founded the Margaret Henderson Music Trust in Orange. Prior to her death in 2002, music students from the conservatorium would regularly visit to perform for Doyle in her nursing home in Kings Cross.^[10][11]

The couple bequeathed sixteen million dollars to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. It was the largest donation ever made to an Australian performing arts institution.^{[12][13][14][15]}