Montague Gluckstein

Montague Gluckstein, known to his family as Monte, 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. Descendant and historian of Lyons, Thomas Harding, has described him as "the primary entrepreneurial engine behind this original family vision".

Early life

Montague Gluckstein was the son of Samuel Gluckstein, the founder of Salmon & Gluckstein.

Career

He succeeded his brother Isidore Gluckstein as chairman of J. Lyons and Co.

Personal life

He married Matilda Franks in 1884. They had three children. Their son Samuel Montague Gluckstein was a director of J. Lyons and Co. Their son Isidore Montague Gluckstein became managing director, then chairman, then president of J. Lyons and Co.