Abraham Lyons

Abraham Montagu Lyons (10 February 1894 – 29 November 1961[1]) was an English lawyer, judge, politician and author, who served as a Conservative member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Leicester East, and as Recorder of Great Grimsby.

Abraham Montagu Lyons in 1932 by Lafayette © National Portrait Gallery, London

Background

Lyons was the only son of Rabinovitch Lyons of West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.[2]

He attended Clee Grammar School for Boys in Lincolnshire.[3]

He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the British Army on 23 October 1914, following the outbreak of World War I.[4]

Lyons was called to the Middle Temple on 28 June 1922, at which time he was a solicitor living in West Bridgford;[5] became "leader" of the Midland circuit,[6] and "took silk" in 1933. In 1936 he was appointed Recorder of Great Grimsby[7] He was said to have been one of the few Jewish judges in 1930s England to take an active role in the Jewish community.[8]

Service in Parliament

Lyons was elected in the 1931 general election, unseating Labour incumbent Edward Frank Wise. He was re-elected in the 1935 election, but was defeated in the 1945 election by Labour candidate Terence Donovan.

Writings

He was the author of The Law and Procedure Relating to Bastardy Orders (London: Stevens and Sons, 1923) and (with S.W. Magnus) of Advertisement Control (Leigh-on-Sea: Thames Bank, 1949), a commentary on the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, and on the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations, 1948.

World War II service

On 5 July 1938, he was granted a commission as Squadron Leader and appointed to the command of the No. 910 (County of Essex) Balloon Squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force.[9] He is referred to in Hansard as "Major Lyons"[10] but in his last appearance in that record (12 April 1945) is referred to as "Colonel Lyons"; the latter may have been a brevet commission.[11]

Later years

From 1959-1960 he served as Master of the Livery for the Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers.[12]

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References
  1. "Leigh Rayment listing". Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  2. Sturgess, H.A.C. and Middle Temple (London, England). Register of admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, from the fifteenth century to the year 1944 London, Published for the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth, 1949; Vol. 3, p. 864
  3. The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History page 628
  4. London Gazette 23 October 1914
  5. Sturgess, H.A.C. and Middle Temple (London, England). Register of admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, from the fifteenth century to the year 1944 London, Published for the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple by Butterworth, 1949; Vol. 3, p. 864
  6. "OBITUARY: Mr. Abraham Montague Lyons QC" Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review, Volume 125, p. 2314
  7. "Appointments and Honours" The Law Times Vol. 182, p. 112
  8. Cooper, John. Pride versus prejudice: Jewish doctors and lawyers in England, 1890-1990 Portland, Ore.: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2003; pp. 129, 133.
  9. London Gazette 29 November 1938; p. 7535
  10. Hansard index
  11. Written Answers (Commons) "CEYLON (PLANTATION WORKERS, WAGES)" HC Deb 12 April 1945 vol 409 cc2000-1W
  12. ""List of Masters" Worshipful Company of Pattenmakers". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Frank Wise		 Member of Parliament for Leicester East
1931 – 1945		 Succeeded by
Terence Donovan
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