Frederick Duleep Singh
Son of the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire

Frederick Duleep Singh

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Son of the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire
Gender:
Male
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United Kingdom
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Military
Birth:
23 January 1868(London)
Death:
1926(Blo' Norton)
Family:
Mother:
Bamba Müller
Father:
Duleep Singh
Siblings:
Bamba SutherlandSophia Duleep SinghVictor Duleep Singh
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Prince Frederick Victor Duleep Singh, MVO, TD, FSA (23 January 1868 – 15 August 1926), also known as Prince Freddy, was a younger son of Sir Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.

Early life


Memorial in St Andrew's church, Blo' Norton

Prince Frederick was born in London as the second or third son of Sir Duleep Singh and Bamba Müller, the former Maharaja and Maharani Duleep of Lahore. He was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge where he read History (B.A. 1890; M.A. 1894). At Cambridge, he was a member of the Pitt Club. He was deeply interested in archaeology, contributing articles to various periodicals and became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He wrote Portraits in Norfolk Houses (1929, two volumes) alongside Rev. Edmund Farrer, and with Farrer and his friend Charles Partridge compiled and published Portraits in Suffolk Houses. He was East Anglia representative of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and reported on about 50 historic building cases for it.

Career

He lived at Old Buckenham Hall and for 20 years, at Blo' Norton Hall near Thetford. He was a staunch monarchist, possibly due to his father's generous treatment by Queen Victoria, even hanging a portrait of Oliver Cromwell upside-down in his lavatory at Blo' Norton. His collection of Jacobite and Stuart relics (and the Cromwell painting) were presented to Inverness Museum. He gave to the town of Thetford the timber-framed Ancient House (now a museum) together with his collection of portraits.

It was claimed that Prince Freddy was the biological father of an illegitimate son (born in 1888) after having an affair with Miss Goddard, a serving maid at Breckles Hall in Norfolk where he lived.

Prince Frederick served with Yeomanry regiments 1893-1919

  • Appointed 2nd Lieutenant - Suffolk Imperial Yeomanry - 12 August 1893
  • Promoted Lieutenant: 21 July 1894
  • Promoted Captain: 19 August 1898.

In July 1901 Prince Frederick transferred to the Norfolk Yeomanry from the Suffolk Yeomanry and was promoted to the rank of major. He resigned his commission in 1909 but rejoined the Norfolk Yeomanry in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I and was on active service in France for two years and with the General Staff.

Titles, styles and honours

Titles

  • 23 January 1868 – 7 July 1918: His Royal Highness Prince Frederick Duleep Singh of Punjab
  • 7 July 1918 – 15 August 1926: His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederick Duleep Singh of Punjab

Honours

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Ancestry

Ancestors of Frederick Duleep Singh 16. Sardaar Charat Singh 8. Sardaar Maha Singh 17. 4. High King Ranjit Singh of Punjab 18. 9. Raj Kaur 19. 2. High King Duleep Singh of Punjab 20. 10. Manna Singh Aulakh 21. 5. Jind Kaur Aulakh 22. 11. 23. 1. Crown Prince Frederick Duleep Singh 24. 12. 25. 6. Ludwig Müller 26. 13. 27. 3. Bamba Müller 28. 14. 29. 7. Sofiá 30. 15. 31.