Sir

Stanley Odell
Born
Stanley John O'Dell

(1929-11-20)20 November 1929
Campton, Bedfordshire, England
Died21 March 2021(2021-03-21) (aged 91)

Sir Stanley John Odell (born O'Dell; 20 November 1929 – 21 March 2021) was a British businessman who was Chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations from 1989 to 1990, an organisation of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom.[1]

Early life

Odell was born on 20 November 1929 in Campton, Bedfordshire,[2][3] the son of George Frederick O'Dell and Florence May Roberts, and a brother of Audrey Jepps.[4][5] He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[1]

Career

Odell was Chairman of the Mid Bedfordshire Young Conservatives (1953–59) and Chairman of the Mid Bedfordshire Conservative Association (1964–69).[5] He was Chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (1989–90), an organisation of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom,[1] and was President of the Mid Bedfordshire Conservative Association between 1991 and 2005.[5]

Odell was Chairman of the South Bedfordshire Community Health Care NHS Trust (1994–99); the Bedfordshire and Luton Community Health Care NHS Trust (1999–2001); the Mary Seacole Homes for the Homeless in Luton, (1999–2012); and the Anglo-American Committee, Chicksands, (1987–96).[5]

Odell was knighted in 1986.[5] He was an Honorary Fellow of the University of Bedfordshire and an Honorary Fellow of Luton University.[5]

Personal life

Odell was Chairman of the Biggleswade and District Young Farmers' Club (1949–51) and a Founder Playing Member of the Biggleswade Rugby Club in 1949.[5] He was a Patron of the Friends of Chicksands Priory (1983–2008); Camphill, Bedfordshire (1998–2021); the John Bunyan Museum, Bedford (1999–2021) and was a Churchwarden of Campton Parish Church (1978–91).[5]

Odell's recreations were politics and shooting.[5] In 1952, he married Eileen Grace Stuart, daughter of Reginald Edward Percival Stuart; they had four daughters.[4]

He died on 21 March 2021 at the age of 91.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Who’s Who, 1998. Published by A&C Black (Publishers) Limited, London, 1998, p. 1488 ISBN 0-7136-4747-7
  2. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
  3. ↑ "Joy as knight is given ringing endorsement". Biggleswade Chronicle. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. 1 2 Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1986. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Who's Who". ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Odell
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