Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne
Politician
1914 – 2009
Who was Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne?
Henry Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne OBE TD PC was a British Conservative Party politician.
Murton was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne 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.
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- Born
- May 8, 1914
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Uppingham School
- Died
- Jul 5, 2009
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on July 23, 2013
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