Margaret Mary Feeny (1917 – 3 January 2012) was the founder and first director of London's

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charity, from 1964 to 1978.

Biography

Margaret Feeny was born in 1917, the eleventh of twelve children to a successful businessman. Feeny was General Secretary of the Sword of the Spirit, which became the

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(CIIR), and then Progressio. In 1975 she moved to

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. She became an SDP then

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councillor in 1994, and mayor of Bath in 1996, but had a stroke while on official business to their twin town of

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. She died in early 2012 aged 94 and her funeral took place at St John's Church, South Parade, Bath, on 18 January.

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Images of Margaret Feeney
"Margaret Feeney, 2 February 1983""Margaret Feeney outside the Guildhall, Bath 1996?"
Bath In Time (online images). {{DEFAULTSORT:Feeny, Margaret 1917 births 2012 deaths Members of the Order of the British Empire Liberal Democrats (UK) councillors Women councillors in England Mayors of Bath, Somerset