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- Burton was the biggest employer in Leeds. Hudson Road was the heart of Montague Burton's empire. He chose Leeds because it was the centre of Britain’s textile industry and so he had access to skilled tailors and machinists.
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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
Jan 28, 2017 · By 1914 Burton & Burton had 14 shops, mainly occupying leased premises on high streets throughout northern England and the Midlands (including Manchester, Leicester and Stockport). Burton was excused military service during the Great War and in 1916 won a lucrative contract to manufacture uniforms.
Apr 16, 2016 · The remarkable story of the immigrant who dressed British men | Ian Jack | The Guardian. A Burton facade in East Ham, London, c1930s: ‘In Leeds, it owned the largest clothing factory in...
Apr 2, 2008 · Hudson Road, just off Harehills Lane in Burmantofts, used to be home to the biggest clothing factory in the world part of Sir Montague Burton's menswear empire. Around 10,000 people...
Burton was knighted for his work in the interest of international peace in 1931 and an honorary doctorate from Leeds University in 1944. A major philanthropist, Burton not only endowed academic chairs, but supported a wide range of educational and charitable institutions in Britain and Palestine.
In 1901, he began peddling goods around the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester, before setting up as a gentleman's outfitter in Chesterfield in 1903. Ten years later he had five men's tailors shops, with headquarters in Sheffield and manufacturing premises in Leeds.
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”. Burton built up a chain of men’s clothing shops and by 1919 he had 40.
