| Sophia Duleep Singh | |
|---|---|
 Sophia Duleep Singh selling The Suffragette in 1913 | |
| Born | 8 August 1876 Elveden Hall, Elveden, Suffolk, England |
| Died | 22 August 1948 (aged 72) Tylers Green, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Father | Duleep Singh |
| Mother | Bamba Müller |
| Religion | Sikhism |
| Occupation | Prominent suffragette in the United Kingdom |
Princess Sophia Alexandrovna Duleep Singh (/səˈfaɪ.ə/ sə-FY-ə;[1] 8 August 1876 – 22 August 1948) was a prominent suffragette in the United Kingdom. Her father was Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh, who had lost his Sikh Empire to the Punjab Province of British India and was subsequently exiled to England. Sophia's mother was Bamba Müller, who was half German and half Ethiopian, and her godmother was Queen Victoria. She had four sisters, including two half-sisters, and three brothers. She lived at Hampton Court Palace in an apartment in Faraday House given to her by Queen Victoria as a grace-and-favour home.
During the early twentieth century, Singh was one of several Indian women who pioneered the cause of women's rights in Britain. Although she is best remembered for her leading role in the Women's Tax Resistance League, she also participated in other women's suffrage groups, including the Women's Social and Political Union.
- ^ Anand 2015, p. 46, "It was [...] pronounced with stretched vowels according to the fashion of the day – 'So-fire.'