Princess Sophia Duleep Singh

Touring information

This exhibition is not currently on tour. Contact ancienthouse@norfolk.gov.uk if you would like to borrow the exhibition.

About the exhibition

The third daughter of Maharaja Duleep Singh, Princess Sophia spent her early life with her family at Elveden Hall near Thetford. She later lived in an apartment in Hampton Court in London, given to her by Queen Victoria as a grace and favour home. Princess Sophia was a militant campaigner for women's rights. She was often seen selling the newspaper 'The Suffragette' outside Hampton Court Palace. In later life, she stated her life's purpose was "the advancement of women".

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh has come to the public eye in recent years as an unsung hero of the suffragette movement. We tell her story using rare photographic images, archival documents, illustrations and text.