Florence Baker
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Florence, Lady Baker, or Florence Barbara Marie Finnian: or Florica Maria Sas; or Maria Freiin von Sas; was a Transylvanian-born ethnic Hungarian British explorer. Born in Transylvania, she became an
Lady Florence Baker
Florence and Samuel White Baker as illustrated in a book of 1890
Florence, Lady Baker c. 1875
Duleep Singh
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Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh, also spelled Dalip Singh, and later in life nicknamed the "Black Prince of Perthshire", was the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. He was Maharaja Ranjit Singh's youngest son
Florence Baker
…1859. According to certain accounts, she was destined to be owned by the Pasha of Vidin, but she had been spotted by Samuel Baker. He and Maharaja Duleep Singh were both on a hunting trip. It was said that Samuel Baker bribed the guards and Florence was allowed to escape into his ownership, but later accounts…
Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh in 1875, aged 37
English and Persian signature of Maharaja Duleep Singh, ca.1870's
A young Duleep Singh
Duleep Singh, aged 16, on the Lower Terrace of Osborne House, Isle of Wight in 1854