Frederick Duleep Singh

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Prince Frederick Duleep Singh (1868 - August 1920) was a son of Duleep Singh, Maharaja of Lahore.

Prince Freddy was educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge where he read history. He was deeply interested in archaeology, contributing articles to various periodicals and became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He gave to the town of Thetford the timber-framed Ancient House (now a museum) together with his collection of portraits.

Prince Frederick held a commission in the Suffolk Yeomanry and then transferred to the Norfolk Yeomanry as Major in 1902. He resigned his commission in 1909 but rejoined the Norfolk Yeomanry in 1914 and was two years on active service in France.

For 20 years he lived at Blo' Norton Hall near Thetford. Despite his father's treatment by Victoria, he was a staunch monarchist, 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.