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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. Early life. Born Meshe David Osinsky and a Lithuanian Jew in Kurkliai, Kaunas province, he came alone to the UK in 1900 to escape the Russian pogroms.
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.
Jan 28, 2017 · One year later, Burton & Burton was transformed into a limited liability company called Montague Burton, The Tailor of Taste Ltd. 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.
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.
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 ...
Jul 5, 2005 · When Sir Montague Burton died in 1952, his empire covered 600 shops and 14 factories and was clothing one in four men in Britain. After World War II, Burton was a major supplier of de-mob...
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Dec 1, 2009 · When Sir Montague Burton died in 1952, his empire covered 600 shops and 14 factories and was clothing one in four men in Britain. Interestingly the Burton factory may have been responsible...
