Princess Sophia Duleep Singh

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh went to boarding school near Brighton before becoming a suffragette. The daughter of the last Maharaja of the Punjab and goddaughter of Queen Victoria, she used her royal connections to draw attention to the campaign for women’s right to vote.



This episode of Echoes of Brighton’s Past follows Sophia from her schooldays to her years of campaigning and her work supporting wounded Indian soldiers during the First World War.

Read the full story of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh and her Brighton connection.