Montague Gluckstein
Montague Gluckstein, known to his family as Monte, (18 July 1854 – 7 October 1922) was a director of Salmon & Gluckstein tobacco merchants, and one of the founders of J. Lyons and Co., a restaurant chain, food manufacturing, and hotel conglomerate created in 1884 that dominated British mass-catering in the first half of the twentieth century.[1] Descendant and historian of Lyons, Thomas Harding, has described him as "the primary entrepreneurial engine behind this original family vision".[2]
Early life
[edit]Montague Gluckstein was the son of Samuel Gluckstein, the founder of Salmon & Gluckstein.[1][2]
Career
[edit]He succeeded his brother Isidore Gluckstein as chairman of J. Lyons and Co.[1][2]
Personal life
[edit]He married Matilda (Tilly) Franks (b. 1861) in 1884.[2] They had three children.[2] Their son Samuel Montague Gluckstein (SMG) (1884–1928) was a director of J. Lyons and Co.[1][2] Their son Isidore Montague Gluckstein (1890–1975) became managing director, then chairman, then president of J. Lyons and Co.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e W. Rubinstein; Michael A. Jolles (27 January 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 657. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g Harding, Thomas (2019). Legacy: One Family, a Cup of Tea and the Company that Took On the World. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4735-3760-6.