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

Career

Murton was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and educated at

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. He joined the Territorial Army with a commission in the

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in 1934. He was promoted to

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in 1937 and to Captain in 1939. He was a

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in the General Staff from 1942 to 1946. He later became a managing director of

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s. Murton was

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for Poole from 1964 to 1979, preceding John Ward. Murton was a government whip under

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and later a

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from 1973 to 1979. He was appointed as a

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, and after his retirement from the

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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

References

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974'' * *

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* 1914 births 2009 deaths British Army personnel of World War II Murton of Lindisfarne Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Deputy Speakers of the British House of Commons Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Uppingham School Royal Northumberland Fusiliers officers UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1910s-stub