Name Stanley Odell | ||
Sir Stanley John Odell (born 1929), was Chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (1989-1990), an organisation of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom.
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Early life
Stanley John Odell was born on 20 November 1929, the son of George Frederick Odell and Florence May Odell. He was educated at Bedford Modern School.
Career
Odell was Chairman of the Mid Bedfordshire Young Conservatives (1953–59) and Chairman of the Mid Bedfordshire Conservative Association (1964–69). He was Chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (1989-90), an organisation of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, and was President of the Mid Bedfordshire Conservative Association between 1991 and 2005.
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, RAF Chicksands, (1987–96).
Odell was knighted in 1986. He is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Bedfordshire and an Honorary Fellow of Luton University.
Survivor of the Brighton Bombings
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. He was a Patron of the Friends of Chicksands Priory (1983–2008); Camphill, Bedfordshire (1998–); the John Bunyan Museum, Bedford (1999–) and was a Churchwarden of Campton Parish Church (1978–91).
Odell’s recreations are politics and shooting. In 1952, he married Eileen Grace Stuart; they had four daughters.