Jacques Abady

"ABADY, JACQUES (2 October 1872–15 April 1964), mechanical engineer, barrister, and local politician. Born in Manchester, the son of a stockbroker from Aleppo whose surname was also spelled Abadi, he was educated at Manchester Grammar School and following the family’s removal to London graduated in engineering from the Birkbeck Institute (now Birkbeck College, London). A gold and silver medallist of the Institution of Gas Engineers, he authored Gas Analyst’s Manual (1902) and Clauses and Precedents in Electricity, Gas, and Water Legislation (1915). Later he was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple (KC, 1935; Bencher, 1941). He was a distinguished member of the Parliamentary Bar and also specialised in arbitrations. Elected in 1906 to Westminster City Council, he became an alderman and served (1927–8) as Mayor of Westminster. His

sister Elizabeth Abadi (later Benjamin; 1874– June 1966), a first-class graduate in English Literature, headed the girls’ section of the JFS from 1897 until her marriage in 1907.

- Times (17 April 1964); JC (24 April 1964, 10 June 1966)."

Excerpt from https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057/9780230304666.pdf