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Sir Montague Maurice Burton (15 August 1885 – 21 September 1952) founded Burton, one of Britain's largest chains of clothes shops. ==Life== Born a Lithuanian Jew (Meshe David Osinsky) in Kaunas province, he came alone to Britain in 1900.〔Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, accessed 4 May 2015〕〔Moving Here Website〕 In 1901, he was staying in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. He started as a peddler, then set up as a general outfitter in Chesterfield in 1903 selling readymade suits bought from a wholesaler. Following his marriage to Sophie Marks in 1909 the name of the company was changed from ''M. Burton'' to ''Burton & Burton''. They had one daughter (1910) then a son (1914). On the birth of twin boys in (1917) he gave his name as Montague Maurice Burton. However, he had not changed his name legally, which caused problems during the First World War. By 1913 Burton had five men's tailor shops with headquarters in Sheffield and manufacturing in Leeds. He had four hundred shops, and factories and mills, by 1929, when the company went public. His firm made a quarter of the British military uniforms during World War II and a third of demobilisation clothing. He died while speaking after a dinner in Leeds. The funeral was at the Chapeltown Synagogue. He was a member of the PEN club.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Montague Burton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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