Cyril Lord

Who was Cyril Lord?

Cyril Lord was a British entrepreneur known principally for the manufacture of carpets during the 1960s. Born in Droylsden in Lancashire, Lord spent his early years living in a community of textile mill-workers.

Lord was married three times. In 1936 he married Bessie Greenwood, and they had one son and two daughters before divorcing in 1959. In 1960, he married the author and journalist Shirley Florence Hussey with whom he had one son. They divorced in 1973. In 1974 Lord married Aileen Parnell, widow of the impresario Val Parnell.

In the 1960s Lord sold some expensive rugs to film and television producer William Dozier and was paid by a cameo on the Batman.

Lord died at his home in Barbados following a long illness.