Sophia Duleep Singh

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh (1876 – 1948) was a Suffragette, campaigning for the right to vote in the United Kingdom. Her father was the Maharajah Duleep Singh and her godmother was Queen Victoria, making her a powerful asset to the Suffrage movement. In this image printed in the Suffragette Newspaper, she is selling copies of ‘The Suffragette’ outside her home in Hampton Court Palace. (Catalogue ref: ASSI52/212/17)

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