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British suffragist (1876 – 1948)

Princess Sophia Alexandrovna Duleep Singh (sə-FY-ə;^[1] 8 August 1876 – 22 August 1948) was a prominent suffragette in the United Kingdom. Her father was MaharajaSir 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.

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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 Sophia Duleep Singh - Wikipedia TABO