| AdminHistory | Born 1890, eldest son of Nathan Laski JP; educated at Manchester Grammar School, Clifton College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (MA, 1912); married Phina Emily, eldest daughter of Moses Gaster, scholar and Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic community in England, and his wife Leah Lucy, 1914; two sons, one daughter; served with 6th Lancashire Fusiliers in World War I, retiring with rank of Captain; QC, 1930; Recorder of Burnley, 1935-1956; Bencher, Inner Temple, 1938; Member, General Council of the Bar, 1950-1956, Chairman, Professional Conduct Committee, 1952-1956, Hon Treasurer, 1955-1956; Judge of Appeal of the Isle of Man, 1953-1956; Judge of the Crown Court and Recorder of Liverpool, 1956-1963; Hon. LLD Liverpool, 1957; President, Board of Deputies of British Jews, 1933-1939; President Elder of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Congregation, 1961-1967; Vice-President, Anglo-Jewish Association; Chairman, Manchester Victoria Memorial Jewish Hospital; died 1969. Publications include 'Jewish Rights and Jewish Wrongs (1939). |
| CustodialHistory | Formerly held with other Jewish collections in the Mocatta Library of University College London. |