Andrew Marr - Early Life

Early Life

Marr was born on 31 July 1959 in Glasgow, Scotland to Donald and Valerie Marr, his father being an investment trust manager. Marr was educated in Scotland at Craigflower Prep School, the independent High School of Dundee and at Loretto, also an independent school in Musselburgh, East Lothian, where he was a member of Pinkie House. He went up to read English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge graduating with a first class honours degree.

He was once a member of the Socialist Campaign for a Labour Victory. At Cambridge, Marr says he was a "raving leftie", and he acquired the nickname 'Red Andy'.

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