Hyde baronets

He was the grandson of John Frederick Feeney founder of the Birmingham Post.

He was born at Worcester, the son of a surgeon, and was educated at Clifton and Exeter College, Oxford.

Sir Charles Hyde was a great benefactor to the University of Birmingham.

He bought and equipped a hostel for men undergraduates, known as Chancellor's Hall.

He also gave £10,000 in 1936 for a Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Museum in Birmingham University's Medical School.