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He died while speaking after a dinner in Leeds on 21 September 1952. The funeral was at the Harrogate Synagogue (some sources say Chapeltown) and he was interred at Gildersome . However, he and his wife were reinterred in 1964 at Stonefall Jewish cemetery, Harrogate , the first to be buried there.
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.
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 suits....
The number of Burton shops increased massively during the interwar years, rising from 40 in 1919 to 595 by 1939. By 1925, Burton’s Leeds clothing factory was the largest in Europe, employing over 10,000 people. The business was converted into a public company in March 1929, registered as ‘Montague Burton, The Tailor of Taste, Ltd’.
He died at a Leeds dinner party for executives and managers of the company. It was at the Great Northern Hotel in Leeds where he was speaking after the meal. The funeral was held at the Chapeltown Synagogue three days later.
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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...
