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An official lunch given by Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Manchester in 1930.
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Montague Burton (standing, furthest right) at an official lunch given by Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Manchester in 1930. Also shown are (l-r back) Mr Northen JP, Barbara Burton, and Nathan Laski JP, and (l-r front) Mrs Laski, the Lord Mayor, the renowned Zionist Chaim Weitzmann, the Lady Mayoress and Simon Marks.
* Moving Here catalogue reference (WYAS) WYL1951/280/9
Sir Montague maintained a wide range of interests outside his business, as his public speeches attest.

He had been a Justice of the Peace since the 1930s. He was a leading supporter of international co-operation, backing the League of Nations and its successor, the United Nations. He was also a prominent and committed *Zionist, keeping in touch with the movement's leaders and donating generously to the cause.

Burton's Zionism and his love of literature combined in the enthusiasm he expressed for the poet Chaim Nachman Bialik in a speech to the Leeds Zionist Association in 1932.

As he grew older, he received welcome recognition of his literary interests. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries in 1940, was asked to join the PEN Club, and was awarded an honorary doctorate (DLitt) by the University of Leeds in 1944.

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