Cyril Ernest Harrison
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Sir Cyril Ernest Harrison (14 December 1901, Sileby, Leicestershire – 15 March 1980, Wilmslow, Cheshire) was a cotton industrialist. He was President of the Federation of British Industry and Confederation of British Industry during the 1950s and 1960s following his work as Managing Director at English Calico.
1928 Formed C. E. Harrison and Co, a fabric merchanting business
1939 Appointed manager of the yarn sales division of the English Sewing Cotton Co, Britain's second largest producer of cotton thread. He became managing director in 1948.
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