Montague Burton

Born Meshe David Osinsky in Lithuania, Burton arrived in Britain as a teenager around 1900 and opened a menswear shop in Chesterfield on borrowed money. Settling in Leeds, he built the largest tailoring factory in Europe and a chain of shops selling made-to-measure suits at prices working men could afford, and fitted out millions of demobilised soldiers after both world wars. The Burton name survives on the high street, now online under Boohoo, though not the empire.