âŠthe university, and by Newnhamâs Eleanor Sidgwick, who favoured control by a joint committee of the two colleges. Sidgwickâwho was Balfourâs sister and whose husband, philosopher and author Henry Sidgwick, had played an instrumental role in Newnhamâs foundingâspearheaded fund-raising efforts and eventually raised enough money to acquire an abandoned chapelâŠ
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