Background
Prince Frederick was born in London as the 2nd/3rd son of Duleep-Singh and Bamba Müller, the former Maharaja and Maharani Duleep of Lahore.
Prince Frederick was born in London as the 2nd/3rd 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 (Bachelor 1890.
He was deeply interested in archaeology, contributing articles to various periodicals and became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Foreign 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. lieutenant was claimed that Prince Freddy was the biological father of an illegitimate son (born in 1888) after having an affair with Mission Goddard, an unmarried serving maid at the aristocratic 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.
At Cambridge, he was a member of the University Pitt Club.