Bennie Abrahams
Benney (Bennie) Abrahams (28 July 1906[1] – February 1990) was a local Labour Party politician in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, as well as Lord Mayor of Newcastle.
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 February 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
- ^ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=116853461:2162&d=bmd_1583829598
- ^ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/districts.pl?r=116863046:9991&d=bmd_1586250123
- ^ Bennie Abrahams - Bio at newcastle.gov.uk Archived November 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ American Bar Association Fidelity and Surety Law Committee (1992). American Jewish Year Book, 1992. Jewish Pubn Society. p. 319. ISBN 0-8276-0429-7.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25869867
- ^ https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-jewish-chronicle/20071130/textview
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