Amy Rachel Grace Esterson

Amy Rachel Grace Esterson (born 1891 in Newington, Edinburgh).

Esterson Trust (SC002824 ) is a Scottish registered charity from 23 October 1985. It was set up on her initiative.

J. Seymour Esterson studied at The Glasgow School of Art from 1918 to 1920. She was an evening student in Drawing and Painting. Amy Esterson, a female relative who lived at the same address on Arlington St, also studied from 1910 to 1920 at the School. Valuation records show that in 1915, 1920 and 1925 Solomon Esterson was registered as a tenant at 29 Arlington street in the West end of Glasgow. In 1930, 1935 and 1940, his daughter Beartrice Esterson was registered as a tenant there.

In 1961 Amy and her sister/sisters donated money to the Friends of the Hebrew University.

The Israeli Ambassador, Arthur Lourie and Mrs. Lourie and Professor David Daiches were the guests of honour at the annual dinner of the Glasgow Group Friends of the Hebrew University held in the Central Hotel last week. They were welcomed on behalf the community by Mr. Benno Schotz, who presided in the absence owing to illness, of Sir Maurice Bloch, Hon. Vice-President of the group. Mr. Schotz announced that £6,000 had been raised by the diner and stated that the Misses Esterson, of Glasgow, had endowed a £3,500 scholarship in the University. The fate of the university lay in the hands of the Jewish people throughout the worls, declared Mr Lourie. Professor Daiches, who recently returned from a lecture tour in Israel, Dr. Samuel Lazarus, and Dr. Sidney S. Naftalin also spoke.'