Who is Lord Feverstone from That Hideous Strength and what is their importance?

Lord Feverstone is a member of the N.I.C.E., but he is not in the inner circle of people who communicate with the dark eldils. He is the person who made sure it was Mark who got the position at Bracton College. He is also the person who takes Mark to the N.I.C.E. for the first time and introduces him to Mr. Wither. Feverstone sympathizes with Dr. Ransom's enemy from the previous two novels. He is an integral part of the N.I.C.E. when it comes to the early business of gaining public approval, but near the end of the novel Wither and Frost decide he is not very useful anymore. He is appointed emergency governor of Edgestow because they think that if the people get angry he can be sacrificed.