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.

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. ↑ https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-jewish-chronicle/20071130/textview. Retrieved 18 October 2023 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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