Bennie Abrahams

Benjamin Ernest (Bennie) Abrahams (28 July 1906 - February 1990) was a local Labour Party politician in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, as well as Lord Mayor of Newcastle.

Born in Burton-on-Trent, 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.[1][2]

Abrahams married Marion Shapiro in Liverpool in 1939. They had one son, David Abrahams, a Labour Party donor.

References

  1. ↑ Bennie Abrahams - Bio at newcastle.gov.uk
  2. ↑ American Bar Association Fidelity and Surety Law Committee (1992). American Jewish Year Book, 1992. Jewish Pubn Society. p. 319. ISBN 0-8276-0429-7.


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