Frederick Duleep Singh
Prince Frederick Victor Duleep Singh, MVO, TD, FSA, also known as Prince Freddy, was a younger son of Sir Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.Early life
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. 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 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 were presented to Inverness Museum. He gave to the town of Thetford the timber-framed Ancient House together with his collection of portraits.
It was claimed that he was the biological father of an illegitimate son 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
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.Honours
Punjabi
