Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne

Henry Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne OBE TD PC (8 May 1914 – 5 July 2009[1]) was a British Conservative Party politician.


The Lord Murton of Lindisfarne

Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
Chairman of Ways and Means
In office
3 February 1976  10 May 1979
SpeakerGeorge Thomas
Preceded byGeorge Thomas
Succeeded byBernard Weatherill
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office
12 March 1974  3 February 1976
Preceded byLance Mallalieu
Succeeded byMyer Galpern
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office
1973  28 February 1974
Preceded byLance Mallalieu
Succeeded byMyer Galpern
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
25 July 1979  5 July 2009
Life Peerage
Member of Parliament
for Poole
In office
15 October 1964  3 May 1979
Preceded byRichard Pilkington
Succeeded byJohn Ward
Personal details
Born8 May 1914
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Died5 July 2009(2009-07-05) (aged 95)
Political partyConservative
Alma materUppingham School

Career

Murton was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne[2] and educated at Uppingham School. He joined the Territorial Army with a commission in the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1934. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1937 and to Captain in 1939. He was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the General Staff from 1942 to 1946. He later became a managing director of department stores.

Murton was Member of Parliament for Poole from 1964 to 1979, preceding John Ward. Murton was a government whip under Edward Heath and later a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1973 to 1979. He was appointed as a Privy Counsellor in 1976, and after his retirement from the House of Commons at the 1979 general election, he was given a life peerage as Baron Murton of Lindisfarne, of Hexham in the County of Northumberland on 25 July 1979.[3]

Arms

Coat of arms of Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne
Crest
In front of a blackcock drumming Proper three crosses of St Cuthbert Argent.
Escutcheon
Argent a lion tricorporate Sable on a chief Sable three crosses of St Cuthbert Argent.
Supporters
Dexter a lion guardant Sable langued and armed Gules gorged with a circlet of St Cuthbert crosses linked Argent pendent therefrom an escallop Or, sinister a like lion similarly gorged pendent therefrom a portcullis Gold the compartment comprising a grassy mount Proper surrounded by water barry wavy Azure and Argent.
Motto
Quo Eas Voca [4]

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Richard Pilkington
Member of Parliament for Poole
19641979
Succeeded by
John Ward
Preceded by
Lance Mallalieu
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
1973 – 1974
Succeeded by
Vacant - post next held by
Sir Myer Galpern
Preceded by
Lance Mallalieu
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
1974 – 1976
Succeeded by
Sir Myer Galpern
Preceded by
George Thomas
Chairman of Ways and Means
1976 – 1979
Succeeded by
Bernard Weatherill


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