Frederick Duleep Singh

Prince Frederick Victor Duleep Singh, MVO, TD, FSA (23 January 1868 – 15 August 1926),^[1] also known as Prince Freddy, was a younger son of Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.

Life and education

Prince Frederick was born in London as the 2nd/3rd^[2] son of 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).^[3] At Cambridge, he was a member of the University Pitt Club.^[4] He was deeply interested in archaeology, contributing articles to various periodicals and became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

For 20 years he lived 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, an unmarried serving maid at the aristocratic Breckles Hall in Norfolk where he lived.^[5]

Military service

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.^[6]

In July 1901 Prince Frederick transferred to the Norfolk Yeomanry from the Suffolk Yeomanry and was promoted to the rank of Major.^[7] 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.

References

^ Photo of his memorial
^ Note: sources are conflicting whether he was the 2nd or the 3rd son.
^ "Duleep-Singh, Prince Frederick Victor (DLP887PF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Fletcher, Walter Morley (2011) [1935]. The University Pitt Club: 1835-1935 (First Paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-107-60006-5. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
^ Routine test reveals white debt collector from Halifax is secret great-great-grandson of last king of the Sikhs
^ Service Record
^ "No. 27348". The London Gazette. 23 August 1901.

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[1] Photo of his memorial

[2] Note: sources are conflicting whether he was the 2nd or the 3rd son.

[3] "Duleep-Singh, Prince Frederick Victor (DLP887PF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[4] Fletcher, Walter Morley (2011) [1935]. The University Pitt Club: 1835-1935 (First Paperback ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-107-60006-5. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)

[5] Routine test reveals white debt collector from Halifax is secret great-great-grandson of last king of the Sikhs

[6] Service Record

[7] "No. 27348". The London Gazette. 23 August 1901.

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