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George OdeyCBE, DL
Member of Parliament
for BeverleyHowdenshire (1947–1950)
In office
27 November 1947 – 6 May 1955
Preceded byClifford Glossop
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
BornGeorge William Odey
(1900-04-21)21 April 1900
Died16 October 1985(1985-10-16) (aged 85)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
RelativesCrispin Odey (grandson)
Alma materUniversity College London

George William Odey CBE DL (21 April 1900 – 16 October 1985) was a business leader in the United Kingdom leather tanning industry who held the post of chairman of the Barrow Hepburn Group from 1937 until 1974. He was also a Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1947 to 1955.

He was educated at Faversham Grammar School and University College London.

He was elected as MP for the Howdenshire constituency at a by-election in 1947. When that constituency was abolished in boundary changes for the 1950 general election, he was returned to the House of Commons at for the newly recreated Beverley constituency, and held the seat until its abolition for the 1955 general election.

On 18 November 1952 he was made Honorary Air Commodore of No. 3505 (East Riding) Fighter Control Unit, Royal Auxiliary Air Force. On 7 February 1977 he was made a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Humberside.

References

  1. ^ "No. 38138". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 December 1947. p. 5713.
  2. Redwood, Mike (26 July 2017). "George William Odey was one of the great tanners of the twentieth century". International Leather Maker. London.
  3. 'ODEY, George William', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016
  4. "No. 39702". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 November 1952. p. 6209.
  5. "No. 47147". The London Gazette. 11 February 1977. p. 1977.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byClifford Glossop Member of Parliament for Howdenshire
1947–1950 		Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Beverley
1950–1955 		Constituency abolished


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