A group of books, letters and ephemera relating to Prince Frederick Duleep Singh (1868-1926) and Princess Bamba (1869-1957), daughter of Maharajah Duleep Singh
England, late 19th/early 20th Century
comprising:
A. Portraits in Norfolk Houses, by the late Prince Frederick Duleep Singh, vol. II only, Norwich, Jarrold & Sons, n.d. [but 1928], pp. 443, no. 115 of 500 copies, photographic frontispiece portrait of Prince Frederick in 1912, biographical preface by Princess Bamba, his sister, numerous plates, publisher's cream cloth, gilt, 293 x 235 mm.

B. Original Papers published under the direction of the Committee of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, Vol. 23, Pt. 1, Norwich 1927, 228 x 147 mm.

C. The Princess Bamba Collection: Antiquities of Sikh Period, Department of Archaeology, Ministry of Education & Scientific Research, Pakistan, 1961, catalogue, by Dr F. A. Khan, Director of Archaeology in Pakistan, 17 pages, colour and black and white plates, paper covers, 240 x 185 mm.

D. Map of the Punjab and Cashmere, showing the extent of Maharajah Duleep Singh's Territories, W. H. Allen & Co., London, circa 1860, linen-backed, folding, 665 x 708 mm., owned by Princess Bamba.

E. A group of ten letters addressed to Prince Frederick from various correspondents, dated between 1898 and 1917, responding to queries on history, genealogy, portraiture etc., presumably as part of his antiquarian research relating to Norfolk, including two envelopes embossed with the Duleep Singh crest

F. Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage for the Year 1913, initialled CDS at front, entries for Prince Frederick and Prince Victor Duleep Singh on p. 321, blue and mauve cloth gilt, 4to (193 x 130 mm.)

G. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, London, George Routledge & Sons, n.d. [but circa 1894], 4to (190 x 130 mm.), illustrated, inscribed For Dear Sophie, with Evelyn's best love, April 16, 1894, visting card of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, Faraday House, Hampton Court, inscribed With best wishes for a happy Christmas & New Year, loose inside

H. A silver chamberstick, with marks for London 1908, T R for Theodore Rossi, Norwich
8 cm. high; 218 g.(17)
Footnotes:
A. (Portraits): as stated on the title page, Prince Frederick was President of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society between 1925-26.

B. (Papers): under the Society's Proceedings for 1926, there is an account of a speech given by a Mr W. R. Rudd about the late Prince Frederick. He 'spoke sympathetically of the loss the Society had sustained through the death of Prince Frederick Duleep Singh, and on his proposition it was agreed to send a letter of condolence to the family. All the members, he was sure, deeply regretted the untimely death of their President. When the Prince was elected there was a feeling that the Society had departed from its usual practice of choosing not only a good antiquary, but a Norfolk man. But in this case they had been most fortunate, for they had had in the presidency one who not only inherited the charming manners of his Oriental forebears, but had many of the attributes of an English gentleman. Prince Frederick's interest in Norfolk and everything pertaining to Norfolk was almost pathetic in its intensity. He was an antiquary with a reputation that spread far beyond the borders of Norfolk; and, above all, he was a modest man. He was one of the most popular presidents the Society ever had, and all the members felt that by his death they had lost a friend' (p. viii).