Prince Frederick Duleep Singh Special Exhibition

Prince Frederick Victor Duleep Singh was born in 1868. He was the second son of Maharajah Duleep Singh, last Maharajah of Punjab, and Maharani Bamba. His childhood home was Elveden Hall near Thetford, where he grew up with his sisters, Princesses Bamba, Catherine and Sophia, and brothers, Princes Victor and Albert Edward. Educated at Eton and Cambridge, Frederick studied history and served in the Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry during the First World War. He lived in Norfolk at Old Buckenham Hall, Breckles House, and Blo' Norton Hall and his homes overflowed with paintings, books, and antiquities. He bought and gave Ancient House Museum to the people of Thetford 100 years ago, along with his collection of East Anglian portraits.

This special exhibition marking the centenary of Prince Frederick's death in 1926. It includes:

• Artefacts and correspondence relating to the founding of Ancient House in the 1920s.
• Examples from Prince Frederick's art collection including works by Sir Alfred Munnings and Leonard Squirrell
• Paintings and drawing by the Prince himself. 
• Artefacts from Prince Frederick's home at Blo' Norton
• Artefacts collected by Prince Frederick related to the trail of James Bloomfield Rush in the early 19th century

This exhibition is part of Prince Frederick's Thetford Museum Project which is supported by National Lottery players through a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with additional funding from Thetford Town Council, Breckland Council, the Friends of Thetford Museum, Norfolk County Council and Arts Council England.