New Bank of England Governor's wife is 'British by birth and Canadian by choice' She wrote: "I am British by birth and Canadian by choice. While I have a healthy respect for the Commonwealth, I have never aspired to go beyond my two nationalities - until this week. Now I want to be Australian. She went on to express admiration for the Australian government's progressive approach to Asia's rapid economic development. On her husband's position as one the most powerful men in Britain, she tweeted on Tuesday: "So much to be done: a great future in prospect, I am sure." Mrs Carney was born in Cheltenham in 1965 into a farming family and obtained a First-class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University, where she met her Canadian future husband. Her sister Tania is married to Lord Rotherwick, the shipping heir, who is owner of the Cornbury Park estate in Oxfordshire. Cornbury Park has in the past hosted the popular Cornbury Festival, nicknamed "Poshstock" for its well-heeled audiences, including Prince Harry and members of the "Chipping Norton set" such as Jeremy Clarkson and David Cameron, who has attended at least four times. Mrs Carney is currently vice-president of Canada 2020, a Left-wing think tank, and reviews environmentally-friendly products on her own website. She and her husband, who have four daughters with dual British-Canadian citizenship, live in Rockcliffe Park, Ottawa, one of Canada's most exclusive addresses. They bought their home for £800,000 in August 2003, but its value is believed to have risen substantially. In an article this month, Mrs Carney said that income inequality in countries such as Canada and Britain was "the defining issue of our time." "The politics of division are coming home to roost," she wrote. The grass is always greener on the other side and the Occupy movement has provided a voice to many unhappy people. Mrs Carney and her husband married in Dorchester Abbey in the Oxfordshire village of Dorchester-on-Thames in July 1994. Mr Carney worked for Goldman Sachs, the investment bank, in London and New York before returning to Canada in 2000 and becoming a deputy governor of the Bank of Canada in 2003. Mrs Carney urges readers of her website to live frugally. "Reducing consumption, or returning it to levels that are sustainable, is critical overall," she wrote.