George Odey

{{Short description|British politician (1900–1985)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = George Odey

| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CBE|DL}}

| image = George William Odey.jpg

| 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

| constituency_MP1 =

| parliament1 = United Kingdom

| birth_name = George William Odey

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|04|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|10|16|1900|04|21|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| resting_place =

| alma_mater = University College London

| nationality = British

| party = Conservative Party

| spouse =

| relatives = Crispin Odey (grandson)

}}

George William Odey CBE DL{{London Gazette |issue=38138 |supp=y |page=5713 |date=2 December 1947}} (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.{{cite web |url= https://internationalleathermaker.com/george-william-odey-was-one-of-the-great-tanners-of-the-twentieth-century/ |first=Mike |last=Redwood |title= George William Odey was one of the great tanners of the twentieth century |date=26 July 2017 |work=International Leather Maker |location= London}} 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.'ODEY, George William', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016

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.{{London Gazette|issue=39702|supp=y|page=6209|date=21 November 1952}} On 7 February 1977 he was made a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Humberside.{{London Gazette|issue=47147|page=1977|date=11 February 1977}}