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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Montague_BurtonMontague Burton - Wikipedia

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

2. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk › news › obituariesRaymond Montague Burton - Yorkshire Post

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   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. www.yorkpress.co.uk › news › ryedaleRaymond Montague Burton dies aged 93 | York Press

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   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. www.theguardian.com › commentisfree › 2016The remarkable story of the immigrant who dressed British men

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   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 ...

5. www.bbc.co.uk › news › magazine-12608636Been and gone: Kinky Granny and Workmate inventor - BBC News

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   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 ...

6. www.telegraph.co.uk › news › obituariesRaymond Burton - The Telegraph

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   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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   Who was Raymond Montague Burton?

   • 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 Montague (later Sir Montague) Burton and his wife Sophia. As a director of Burton’s, Raymond founded Top Shop, of which he was very proud, but it was his exceptional generosity which marked him out.

   Raymond Montague Burton | Yorkshire Post

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   What happened to Montague Burton?

   • Rapidity of growth was accompanied by change in status: the company, Montague Burton Ltd., adopted limited liability in 1917 with a share capital of £5,002 increasing to £47,002 by 1924, all the shares but one--which belonged to Mrs. Burton--being held by Montague Burton.

   Arcadia Group plc -- Company History

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   Was Sir Montague Burton a successful businessman?

   • One final point: when he created the chair Sir Montague Burton was one of the most successful businessmen, and certainly retailers, in the land. As the Arcadia parent group of what remains of the Burton empire falls into administration, one cannot help but ponder the irony of the chair outliving the brand.

   The Montague Burton Chair in International Relations at LSE and its

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   When did Montague Burton become a philanthropist?

   • Montague Burton’s first excursion into educational philanthropy came with the endowment of chairs in industrial relations at Leeds, Cardiff and Cambridge in the late 1920s. He was knighted for services to industrial relations in 1931.

   The Montague Burton Chair in International Relations at LSE and its

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8. celebratingjewisharchives.org › news_feed › clothingClothing to Corona, the Life and Legacy of Sir Montague ...

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   Sir Montague Burton, born Moshe Dovid Osinsky in the Kovno Province of Lithuania in 1885, came to the UK in 1900 aged 15 along with thousands of other Jews. He opened his first shop in Chesterfield in 1904 and when he was naturalised in 1910 he became known as “Morris Burton” living in Sheffield, but the shops were called “Montague Burton”.