Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Lord Murton of Lindisfarne
Honorific-Suffix:OBE TD PC
Office:Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
Chairman of Ways and Means
Term Start:3 February 1976
Term End:10 May 1979
1Blankname:Speaker
1Namedata:George Thomas
Predecessor:George Thomas
Successor:Bernard Weatherill
Office1:Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
Term Start1:12 March 1974
Term End1:3 February 1976
Predecessor1:Lance Mallalieu
Successor1:Myer Galpern
Office2:Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
Term Start2:1973
Term End2:28 February 1974
Predecessor2:Lance Mallalieu
Successor2:Myer Galpern
Office3:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start3:25 July 1979
Term End3:5 July 2009
Life Peerage
Office4:Member of Parliament
for Poole
Term Start4:15 October 1964
Term End4:7 April 1979
Predecessor4:Richard Pilkington
Successor4:John Ward
Birth Date:8 May 1914
Birth Place:Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Party:Conservative Party
Alma Mater:Uppingham School

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

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.

Arms

Escutcheon:Argent a lion tricorporate Sable on a chief Sable three crosses of St Cuthbert Argent.
Crest:In front of a blackcock drumming Proper 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 [3]

References

  1. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200809/ldhansrd/text/90706-0001.htm#0907064000002 Lords Hansard, 6 July 2009
  2. http://www.freebmd.org.uk Births England and Wales 1837-1915
  3. Book: Debrett's Peerage . 1985.