Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne

Oscar Murton
Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 3 February 1976 – 10 May 1979
Preceded by	George Thomas
Succeeded by	Bernard Weatherill
First Deputy Chairmen of Ways and Means
In office 28 February 1974 – 3 February 1976
Preceded by	Lance Mallalieu
Succeeded by	Myer Galpern
Second Deputy Chairmen of Ways and Means
In office 1973 – 28 February 1974
Preceded by	Lance Mallalieu
Succeeded by	Myer Galpern
Member of Parliament for Poole
In office 15 October 1964 – 3 May 1979
Preceded by	Richard Pilkington
Succeeded by	John Ward
Personal details
Born	8 May 1914 Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Died	5 July 2009 (aged 95)
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Uppingham School

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

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]

References

1. Lords Hansard, 6 July 2009
2. Births England and Wales 1837-1915
3. The London Gazette: no. 47914. p. 9521. 27 July 1979.

• Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Oscar Murton