Cyril Lord

Cyril Lord (12 July 1911 – 29 May 1984) was a British entrepreneur, known principally for the manufacture of carpets during the 1960s.

[1] Born in Droylsden in Lancashire, Lord spent his early years living in a community of textile mill-workers.

His main carpet factory was at Donaghadee in the north of County Down in Ulster.

This factory was largely designed by Billy McAlister, a Belfast architect, and his team.

In the 1960s Lord sold some expensive rugs to film and television producer William Dozier, and was paid by a cameo appearance in the TV series Batman.