The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-05
Woes Of
Bankrupt
~ Prince
Career Of Dhuleep Singh. Who's
Father Owned the Koh.i-noof.

Prince Victor Dhuleep Singh. whose
| father owned the koh-i-nOor diamond. ia
in the bankruptcy court
] A receiving order was made at the Lon
co~rt ths the ean oee
In their petition Fieldings Limited.
| gave the former address Oh the prince as
hockwold Hall, Brandon, Norfolk. adding
that they Were unable to ascertain his
The debtor. who was not in attendance.
was represented by Messrs. Farrer &
Co;s of Lincoln's Inn Fields. -
altogether creditable to .ngiish national
;. Ranjit Singh. .she lion Of the Pun IN
hore sure ndered to the British troops.
ognized the late DhuIeep Singh as ma
In 1s49. however. after Sikh rebellion
and crushing defeat. the Punjaub was an
nesed ,h and terms wer. made under which
his successors all his inheritance. his
immense and constantly, increasing reve-
nues, and the famous Koh-i-noor.
In return he was to be treated with
respect and honor" and to receive an
annuity of 44O,OOO a year.
The late maharajah lived in England
for many years. and occupied for a pc
riod Elevedon. now in the possession Of
He made himself popular. was brill
liant shot, and enjoyed the special proeec-
tlOn OF queen victoria.
But when his pecuniarv resources failed
and the India office turned deaf ear to
his claims for assistance. he left the
country and commenced an intrigue with
!. Russia.
Some years later, being broken down
in health and thinking his end near. he
sued for the Queens pardon. which was
freely and generously extended.
On his death In 1898 the situation was
Of the national golfers. the present Prince
Victor receiving an allowance OF onlv
he aGe out of Which it is
try's daughter.
Prince Victor, who is eodson OF Queen
Dragons: His present difficulties have
probably been largely contributed to by
Oriental princes. and which in this case
was wholly incommensurate with the
The elder r'T Dhn1ess 11eesas singhs position in
1ne: 1 To sesin lie as the the ruler q the the
Elvedon was not the ha"niest Of fates
Amusing stories are told of him In this
one occa sion he said: Il an, q raid YOU
believe ,. the Duke Of ~ to be a good
sreak the truth. for ! heard him tell tell
Lord A. that he had quite enjoyed his
sons visit. and ho-e'' to invite h'-, again.
he had just before told me that he was
nothing hing t. but an ass and not worth my
On another occasion a great lady asked
curry eur XIV which n had n sRecially been prspaTed
tell me honestly If it is not good
The poor boy had been politely endeav-
orfng to swallow little of the mixture,
tut when his hostess said this he be-
lieved she meant it. end. putting down
his fork and spoon with sigh Of relief.
i he is herrpe take eh quite right
1t was about this time that he once
again beheld the sacred jewel OF his race.
jah, meant far more than a rr7ere jewel
of fabulous value. 1t was to him an
object of superstitious veneration, as the
symbol of sovereignty over the Pun njauh.
The queen asked Lady Losin If the
maharajah ever spoke OF the koh-i-noor.
! and, If so. if he ever seemed to regret
it, adding that she mad never mentioned
the jewel to him and would feel GER
tain delicacy in wearing it in his pres
ence.
Her majesty further expressed the wish
| that Lady Losin would find out if the
| ma harajah would like to see it. espec-
tally as it had been rccut since passing
INTO her possession, and she added, RE
| member to toll me all he saws
Lady Losin n, felt VERY very nert,ous about about
! prince. However. one day. when riding
with him in Richmond park. she man
| aged to lead the conversation up to the
| Koh-i-noor again. said she waiting in
some anNietv t for his his reply, ,.,,,a .rs
| great deal to hold it again in my own
hand"
| mower to place it in her hand now that I
am a man. l WIS oHlv a child whom
| surrendered it to her by treaty. but nov
! am old enough to un J. rsta"d."
| a day or two later the mfharajah he
ing At BneSnEhrm ra"fg e the snas an"e1 e1
| asked him if he thought * inn