Cyril Harrison (businessman)

A portrait of Sir Cyril Harrison

Sir Cyril Ernest Harrison (14 December 1901, Sileby, Leicestershire – 15 March 1980, Wilmslow, Cheshire) was a cotton industrialist.[1] He was President of the Federation of British Industry and Confederation of British Industry during the 1950s and 1960s[2] following his work as Managing Director at English Calico.[3]

  1. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, accessed 17 June 2011
  2. ^ "Sir Cyril Ernest Harrison". Who's Who. 1. 1963. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U155365. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Companions of the Institute". Journal of the Textile Institute Proceedings. 52 (12). Taylor and Francis: 692–694. 1961. doi:10.1080/19447016108688627. Retrieved 5 August 2020.