Benney (Bennie) Abrahams (28 July 1906[1] – 29 January 1990) was a local Labour Party politician in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, as well as Lord Mayor of Newcastle.
Bennie Abrahams | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 July 1906 Durham, England |
| Died | 29 January 1990 (aged 83) |
| Spouse |
Marion Shapiro (m. 1939) |
| Children | David Abrahams |
Born in Durham,[2] Abrahams was a Labour councillor for the Monkchester ward of Newcastle City Council, and in 1981/2 Lord Mayor of Newcastle. He died in January 1990 at the age of 83.[3][4]
Abrahams married Marion Shapiro, a concert hall violinist for the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra[5] in Liverpool in 1939. She also became a Labour councillor in Newcastle.[6] They had one son, David Abrahams, a property developer and political activist.
References
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- ^ "FreeBMD District Info".
- ^ "Bennie Abrahams - Bio at newcastle.gov.uk". Archived from the original on 30 November 2007.
- ^ American Bar Association Fidelity and Surety Law Committee (1992). American Jewish Year Book, 1992. Jewish Pubn Society. p. 319. ISBN 0-8276-0429-7.
- ^ "Political Lives: David Abrahams". BBC News. 17 February 2014.
- ^ Jeffay, Nathan; Shure, Jan; Josephs, Bernard (30 November 2007). "The donor, the activist and the big questions". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via PressReader.
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