Benney (Bennie) Abrahams (28 July 1906 – 29 January 1990) was a local
Labour Party politician in
Newcastle upon Tyne,
England, as well as
Lord Mayor of Newcastle.
Born in Durham, 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.
Abrahams married Marion Shapiro, a concert hall violinist for the
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic is a music organisation based in Liverpool, England, that manages a professional symphony orchestra, a concert venue, and extensive programmes of learning through music. Its orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmon ...
in
Liverpool in 1939. She also became a Labour councillor in Newcastle.
They had one son,
David Abrahams,a property developer and political activist.
References
1906 births
1990 deaths
Labour Party (UK) councillors
Councillors in Tyne and Wear
Jewish British politicians
Mayors of Newcastle upon Tyne
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