Jacques Abady

Jacques Abady QC (2 October 1872 – 15 April 1964) was a British lawyer.

Early life

Born on 2 October 1872, into a Syrian Jewish family,William D. Rubinstein, Michael Jolles, Hilary L. Rubinstein, The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History, Palgrave Macmillan (2011), p. 2 {{ISBN|0230318940}}{{Cite journal |title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History |url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057/9780230304666.pdf |journal=SpringerLink |date=2011 |language=en |doi=10.1057/9780230304666 |isbn=978-1-349-51951-4 |editor-last1=Rubinstein |editor-last2=Jolles |editor-last3=Rubinstein |editor-first1=William D. |editor-first2=Michael A. |editor-first3=Hilary L. }} Abady was educated at Manchester Grammar School and the Birkbeck Institute.'[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U56139 ABADY, Jacques]', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 (accessed 27 September 2011). His first vocation was as an engineer, becoming a Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering and inventing several scientific instruments.

Legal career

Later, Abady decided to pursue a legal career, and was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1905. He became a bencher of the Middle Temple in 1941. He was a member of Westminster City Council between 1906 and 1912, and then again from 1916 to 1959, also serving as the Mayor of Westminster in 1927–1928.

Death

Abady died in Sussex on 15 April 1964, at the age of 91.{{cite news|title=Obituary: Mr Jacques Abady|newspaper=The Times|date=17 April 1964}}

Personal life

Abady had one son with his wife. In his spare time, Abady enjoyed writing thrillers and plays. He was a member of the Hurlingham Club and the Constitutional Club.