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  1. Death and legacy. He died while speaking after a dinner in Leeds on 21 September 1952.

  2. Feb 18, 2011 · By The Newsroom. Published 18th Feb 2011, 20:09 BST. ONE of Yorkshire’s most significant benefactors, Raymond Montague Burton who has died in South Africa at the age of 93, was a son of...

  3. Feb 24, 2011 · RAYMOND Montague Burton, the son of the founder of Burton menswear empire, has died aged 93. Among his many activities, Mr Burton, the farmer and philanthropist, sponsored and promoted the...

  4. Jan 28, 2017 · Sir Montague Burton, who had been knighted in 1931, died in 1952, when there were 616 Burton branches. In 1953 the firm merged with Jackson the Tailor. Lionel and Sidney Jacobson (sons of the founder of Jacksons) took over the management of the company and refurbished the shops, starting with the Newcastle branch.

  5. Apr 16, 2016 · Ian Jack. Montague Burton was a Lithuanian Jew who fled pogroms in his country of birth to build one of the biggest clothing chains in Europe. O n Wednesday, in the Jewish Museum in north London ...

  6. Feb 20, 2011 · Raymond Burton, who died on February 5 aged 93, led the modern development of the eponymous high-street clothing chain founded by his father Sir Montague Burton, and was a generous benefactor...

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  8. Mar 1, 2011 · Obituary Editor, BBC News. ... His father Moshe Osinsky, a Jewish immigrant, arrived in London with just £100, changed his name to Montague Burton and founded the eponymous tailoring chain ...

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