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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.

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.

[4][5] From 1924 until 1927 he was Commodore of Midland Sailing Club, succeeding Neville Chamberlain.