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dexter ; sinister : a seahorse erect argent scaled gold , : the compartment comprising three grassy mounts proper with between that a in the centre and those on either side water barry stag wavy of four argent and azure proper attired and unguled gold upon tree proper fructed or a fountain ensigned by a crown a flory azure mount vert in front of an oak gules in chief a triple-towered castle gules masoned argent the portal on azure with portcullis down or a bend or cotised dancetty argent bendwise a coronet of a baron imprimus honor william elliott , baron elliott of morpeth

william elliott , baron elliott of morpeth

robert william elliott , baron elliott of morpeth -lrb- 11 december 1920 -- 20 may 2011 -rrb- , known as william elliott , was a british conservative party politician .
his father richard elliott , known as ` dick ' , was a former councillor and mayor of morpeth .
he was the conservative party candidate in the 1954 morpeth by-election and again for the same constituency in the 1955 general election , losing on both occasisons by over 14,000 votes to the labour candidate .
he was elected as member of parliament for newcastle upon tyne north at a by-election in 1957 , and held the seat until his retirement at the 1983 general election .
from 1958 elliott was a parliamentary private secretary -lrb- pps -rrb- , serving until 1964 , when he was appointed an opposition whip , and became a government whip when the conservatives regained power in 1970 .
elliott was a vice-chairman of conservative party from 1970 to 1974 .
he was knighted in 1974 , and became a deputy lieutenant of northumberland in 1982 .
on 16 may 1985 , he was created a life peer as baron elliott of morpeth , of morpeth in the county of northumberland and of the city of newcastle upon tyne and took his seat in the house of lords , where he was deputy speaker from 1992 to 2002 and deputy chair of committees from 1997 to 2002 .
