Sara Forbes Bonetta | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Sara Forbes Bonetta photographed by Camille Silvy in 1862 | |
| Born | Aina (also Ina)[1] 1843 Oke Odan, Yorubaland |
| Died | 15 August 1880 (aged 36–37) Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal |
| Cause of death | Tuberculosis |
| Resting place | Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal |
| Other names | Sarah Forbes Bonetta Sally Forbes Bonetta |
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| Relatives | John Randle (physician) (son-in-law) Ameyo Adadevoh (great-great-granddaughter) |
Sara Forbes Bonetta, otherwise known as Sally Forbes Bonetta, (born Aina or Ina; c. 1843 – 15 August 1880),[2] was ward and goddaughter of Queen Victoria. She was believed to have been a titled member of the Egbado clan of the Yoruba people in West Africa, who was orphaned during a war with the nearby Kingdom of Dahomey as a child, and was later enslaved by King Ghezo of Dahomey. She was given as a "gift" to Captain Frederick E. Forbes of the British Royal Navy and became a goddaughter of Queen Victoria. She married Captain James Pinson Labulo Davies, a wealthy Lagos philanthropist.
- ^ Anim-Addo, Joan (2015). "Bonetta [married name Davies], (Ina) Sarah Forbes [Sally] (C. 1843–1880), Queen Victoria's ward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/75453. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Elebute, Adeyemo (2013). The Life of James Pinson Labulo Davies: A Colossus of Victorian Lagos. Kachifo Limited/Prestige. p. 138. ISBN 9789785205763.