Bennie Abrahams

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
  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.


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