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(1906-07-28)28 July 1906
Durham, England
Died29 January 1990(1990-01-29) (aged 83)
Spouse
Marion Shapiro
(m. 1939)
ChildrenDavid 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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  1. ^ "FreeBMD Entry Info".
  2. ^ "FreeBMD District Info".
  3. ^ "Bennie Abrahams - Bio at newcastle.gov.uk". Archived from the original on 30 November 2007.
  4. ^ American Bar Association Fidelity and Surety Law Committee (1992). American Jewish Year Book, 1992. Jewish Pubn Society. p. 319. ISBN 0-8276-0429-7.
  5. ^ "Political Lives: David Abrahams". BBC News. 17 February 2014.
  6. ^ 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.