Joseph Abraham

Joseph Abrahams was a British lawyer. He was the first Jew to be admitted as a solicitor in England .

In 1763, Abraham's clerk at the King's Bench lawyer, George Ellis Jr. and later with Robt. Gill of Angel Court. He was admitted to the bar by Judge Yates on January 23, 1770, and was sworn in as a solicitor in the Court of Chancery on February 13 of that year . Despite his Jewish faith, he took the oath on the Bible.

His appointment is also briefly mentioned in Israel Zangwill's 1925 play “The King of Schnorrers”, but not in his 1894 novella of the same name .

Individual evidence

^ Sheldon J. Godfrey, Search out the land: the Jews and the growth of equality in British colonial America, 1740-1867 . McGill-Queen's Press, 1995, p. 335
^ The Records of the Society of Gentlemen Practisers in the Courts of Law and Equity Called the Law Society . Incorporated Law Society, 1807, p. 288
↑ HSQ Henriques: The Jews And the English Law . The Lawbook Exchange, 2006, p. 205

personal data
SURNAME	Abraham, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1770
DATE OF DEATH	after 1770

[1] Sheldon J. Godfrey, Search out the land: the Jews and the growth of equality in British colonial America, 1740-1867 . McGill-Queen's Press, 1995, p. 335

[society2-2] The Records of the Society of Gentlemen Practisers in the Courts of Law and Equity Called the Law Society . Incorporated Law Society, 1807, p. 288

[3] HSQ Henriques: The Jews And the English Law . The Lawbook Exchange, 2006, p. 205