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  1. Sir Montague Maurice Burton (15 August 1885 – 21 September 1952) was the founder of Burton Menswear, one of Britain's largest chains of clothes shops. Burton's factory, Hudson Road, Leeds LS9.

  2. Sir Montague Maurice Burton (1885-1952), founder of the Burton men’s clothing chain, endowed Edinburgh University’s Montague Burton Chair of International Relations in 1948. Contents. 1 Early Years. 2 Burton Clothing. 3 Burton and Industrial Relations. 4 Burton and International Relations. 5 Sources. Early Years.

  3. Jan 28, 2017 · The man himself now assumed the name Montague Maurice Burton. By 1919 he had 36 shops, of which many (including Coventry, Dudley, Swansea and Wandsworth) had opened in the course of the war. Eight branches were in Ireland. Burton’s shops enjoyed a symbiotic relationship with his factories.

  4. 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. Sir Montagu Maurice Burton was born Meshe David Osinsky in Lithuania in 1885. He travelled alone to England in 1900 to escape the Russian pogroms. Although he was a well educated young man, he arrived in the country unable to speak English. Burton promoted himself as The Tailor of Taste In 1901, he began peddling g

  6. Photo added by cookie. Advertisement. Sir Montague Maurice Burton. Birth. 13 Aug 1888. Lithuania. Death. 22 Sep 1952 (aged 64) Leeds, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Burial. Stonefall Cemetery and Crematorium. Harrogate, Harrogate Borough, North Yorkshire, England Add to Map. Memorial ID. 26033484. · View Source.

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  8. Aug 4, 2021 · Montague Burton was a Lithuanian Jew who fled to Britain in 1900 to escape the Russian pogroms. Educated but penniless he began a business in Chesterfield selling made-to-measure men’s suits. Burton and Burton (later Burton) became one of the most successful names on the high street.

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