Sidney Abrahams
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The Right Honourable Sir Sidney Abrahams QC |
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Sir Sidney Abrahams
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| 26th Chief Justice of Ceylon | |
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In office 3 July 1936 – 1939 |
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| Appointed by | Reginald Edward Stubbs |
| Preceded by | Philip James Macdonell |
| Succeeded by |
John Curtois Howard Francis Soertsz as acting |
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| Born |
1 February 1885 Birmingham, England |
| Died | 14 May 1957 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University |
| Religion | Jewish |
Sir Sidney Solomon Abrahams QC (11 February 1885 – 14 May 1957), nicknamed Solly, was a British Olympic athlete and 26th Chief Justice of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). He was the older brother of famed Olympian Harold Abrahams.
Born in Birmingham, England, Abrahams was educated at Bedford Modern School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
He competed at athletics for Cambridge University from 1904 to 1906. At the unofficial Olympiad, the 1906 'Intercalated Games' held in Athens, he finished fifth in the long jump with 6.21 metres. At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics he finished in eleventh place in the same event with 6.72 metres. At the 1913 Amateur Athletic Association Championships in London, he won the long jump with 6.86 metres.[1]
He studied law at the Middle Temple and was called to the bar in 1909.
He joined the Colonial Service and was Advocate General in Baghdad in 1920 and President of the Civil Courts in Basra in 1921. After serving as Attorney General of Zanzibar (1922), Uganda (1925) and Gold Coast (1928), Abrahams was appointed Chief Justice of Uganda in 1933 and Chief Justice of Tanganyika in 1934.
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