Ernest Harrison
20th-century English businessman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Australian cricketer, see Ernest Harrison (cricketer). For the English journalist, author and judoka, see Ernest John Harrison.
Sir Ernest Thomas Harrison OBE HonFREng (11 May 1926 – 16 February 2009)[1] was an English businessman. He was best known as chairman of electronics company Racal and the first chairman of its spun-out mobile telephony division, Vodafone.[2][3][4] He was also a fan and major shareholder of Arsenal Football Club. [5] In 1997 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.[6]