  The generalized Feix--Kaledin construction shows that c-projective
$2n$-manifolds with curvature of type $(1,1)$ are precisely the submanifolds of
quaternionic $4n$-manifolds which are fixed points set of a special type of
quaternionic $S^1$ action $v$. In this paper, we consider this construction in
the presence of infinitesimal symmetries of the two geometries. First, we prove
that the submaximally symmetric c-projective model with type $(1,1)$ curvature
is a submanifold of a submaximally symmetric quaternionic model, and show how
this fits into the construction. We give conditions for when the c-projective
symmetries extend from the fixed points set of $v$ to quaternionic symmetries,
and we study the quaternionic symmetries of the Calabi-- and Eguchi-Hanson
hyperk\"ahler structures, showing that in some cases all quaternionic
symmetries are obtained in this way.
