Laurence George Bowman#Ruth Abrahams

He was born in Poland when it was part of Tsarist Russia, and brought to England in 1870.[https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1500050539 "Jews in the professions in Great Britain, 1891-1991"], iwm.org.uk. Accessed 25 January 2023. He was educated at the Jews Free School{{cite web |url=http://www.ukWhosWho.com/ |title=Home |website=ukWhosWho.com}} and University College, LondonThe Times House of Commons, 1935 where he obtained BA (Hons in Mental and Moral Science), MA (Philosophy, etc.) and BSc; Teachers’ Diploma (University of London). He married, in 1893, Fanny Cohen. She died in 1942. They had one son who was killed in 1917 and one daughter, Ruth.{{cite web |url=http://www.ukWhosWho.com/ |title=Home |website=ukWhosWho.com}}

He was Assistant Master at Jews Free School, 1880–98, Vice-Master, 1898–1907 and Headmaster, 1908–30{{cite web |url=http://www.ukWhosWho.com/ |title=Home |website=ukWhosWho.com}} after which he retired.The Times House of Commons, 1935 He was Chairman of the Education Committee of the Jewish Religious Education Board. Representative on the Appeal Tribunal of Unemployment Assistance Board. Vice-Chairman of Central School Employment Committee. He was a Member of various educational and political bodies. He was a Lecturer and Speaker on Educational and Political Subjects.{{cite web |url=http://www.ukWhosWho.com/ |title=Home |website=ukWhosWho.com}}

He was a supporter of free trade, land value taxation,Land & Liberty, 1945 co-partnership in industry with profit sharing.Co-partnership, 1933 He was a member of the Executive Committee of the London Liberal Federation.The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History

He was Liberal candidate for the St Pancras South East Division at the 1935 General Election.British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S. The constituency was not a good prospect for the Liberal Party as they came a poor third the last time they stood a candidate in 1929.

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He was re-adopted by local Liberal Association and continued as prospective parliamentary candidate until the outbreak of warThe Liberal Magazine, 1939 By the time of the next General Election in 1945, he had been replaced as candidate and did not stand for parliament again.British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S. He was President of South Hendon Division Liberal Association.{{cite web |url=http://www.ukWhosWho.com/ |title=Home |website=ukWhosWho.com}}

His daughter, born in 1894 as Ruth Bowman, in 1914 married Sidney Abrahams, who was later knighted.‘ABRAHAMS, Rt Hon. Sir Sidney Solomon’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U233877, accessed 3 October 2017] They had two children, Valerie and Anthony.‘ABRAHAMS, Anthony Claud Walter’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, April 2016 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U4941, accessed 3 October 2017]

As Lady Abrahams, she was also politically active in the Liberal Party. She stood for parliament on three occasions; Orpington in 1950, Nottingham East in 1951 and Wembley North in 1955.The Times House of Commons, 1950-55.

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Category:1866 births

Category:1950 deaths

Category:Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom