George Odey | |
Parliament: | United Kingdom |
Constituency Mp: | Beverley |
Prior Term: | Howdenshire (1947–1950) |
Term Start: | 27 November 1947 |
Term End: | 6 May 1955 |
Predecessor: | Clifford Glossop |
Successor: | Constituency abolished |
Parliament1: | United Kingdom |
Birth Name: | George William Odey |
Birth Date: | 21 April 1900 |
Alma Mater: | University College London |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Conservative Party |
Relatives: | Crispin Odey (grandson) |
George William Odey CBE DL (21 April 1900 – 16 October 1985) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1947 to 1955.
He was educated at Faversham Grammar School and University College London.[1]
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.
. F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . 1969 . 3rd . 1983 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-06-X.