Frederick Duleep Singh
| Crown Prince Frederick Duleep Singh | |
|---|---|
| Crown Prince of Punjab | |
| Head of the Royal House of Punjab | |
| Period | 7 July 1918 – 15 August 1926 |
| Predecessor | Victor Duleep Singh |
| Successor |
None (House extinct under uterine primogeniture) |
| Born |
23 January 1868 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 15 August 1926 (aged 58) Blo' Norton Hall, Diss, Norfolk, England |
| Burial | Blo' Norton church |
| Father | Duleep Singh |
| Mother | Bamba Müller |
Prince Frederick Victor Duleep Singh, MVO, TD, FSA (23 January 1868 – 15 August 1926), also known as Prince Freddy, was a younger son of Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.
Prince Frederick was born in London as the second or third 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). 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).
He married Princess Sophia Alexandrona and 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.
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