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 Right Honourable The Lord Murton of Lindisfarne OBE TD PC
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
In office 1973 – 10 May 1979
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Edward Heath Harold Wilson James Callaghan Margaret Thatcher
Speaker	George Thomas
Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 3 February 1976 – 10 May 1979
Speaker	George Thomas
Preceded by	George Thomas
Succeeded by	Bernard Weatherill
First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 12 March 1974 – 3 February 1976
Preceded by	Lance Mallalieu
Succeeded by	Myer Galpern
Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 1973 – 28 February 1974
Preceded by	Lance Mallalieu
Succeeded by	Myer 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 – 7 April 1979
Preceded by	Richard Pilkington
Succeeded by	John Ward
Personal details
Born	8 May 1914 Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Died	5 July 2009(2009-07-05) (aged 95)
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Uppingham 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]