KAPURTHALA

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1852 - 1870 H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia Raja-i-Rajgan Raja Sir Randhar Singh Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala, GCSI (10.12.1864). b. at Kapurthala Fort, 26^th March 1831, eldest son of H.H. Raja Nihal Singh Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala, by his first wife, educ. privately. Became Heir Apparent with the title of Tikka Sahib October 1837. Succeeded on the death of his father, 13^th September 1852. He rendered signal services to the GOI during the Indian Mutiny and was rewarded with a hereditary salute of 11-guns and the titles of Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, 2^nd June 1858. Also received large and valuable estates in the province of Oudh. Granted the title of Raja-i-Rajgan 12^th March 1861 with precedence before all other durbaris in the province of Oudh. Granted a sanad of adoption, 5^th March 1862. Rcvd: Indian Mutiny Medal with one clasp (1858). m. (first) at Kapurthala Palace, 21^st February 1848, H.H. Rani … Kaur Sahib (d. at Kapurthala, 1853). m. (second) H.H. Rani … Kaur Sahib (d. at Kapurthala, 1857). m. (third) at Kapurthala Palace, 16^th May 1859 (Christian rite) (div. 1869), Henrietta Melvina [Lady Randhir Singh] (bapt. at Kurnaul, 7^th March 1841; m. second, at St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, Mdsx, 20^th October 1871, John Hamer Oliver, MRCS, Staff Assist-Surgeon RA, and d. at Kumla Lodge, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, before 13^th April 1893, bur. All Saints Church, Dodinghurst, Essex), Mbr Royal Colonial Inst (Lond), eldest daughter of Robert Theodore Hodges, Esq, sometime Head Writer at Ludhiana, Punjab, and tutor to Prince Randhar Singh, by his wife, Katherine, half sister of Mohan Lal Kashmiri, and daughter of Rai Bahadur Pandit Budh Singh [Rai Brahm Nath], of Delhi. He d. at sea onboard the SS Golconda, off the coast of Aden, 2^nd April 1870 (crem. at Nasik, on the banks of the Godavari River), having had issue, two sons and one daughter by his first wife, one son by his second, and three daughters by his third wife:

• 1) H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia Raja-i-Rajgan Raja Kharak Singh Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala (s/o the first Rani) - see below.
• 2) The Hon Raja Sir Harnam Singh, KCIE (31.12.1898, CIE 1.1.1885). b. at Kapurthala Fort, 15^th November 1851 (s/o the first Rani), educ. privately. Baptised as a Christian. Superintendent of the Oudh estates 1876- 1895, Mbr Calcutta International Exhibition Cttee 1883-1884, Mbr Hemp Drugs Cmsn 1893-1894, MLC India and MLC Punjab 1900-1902, Mbr Indian Council of State 1920. Represented the Maharaja of Kapurthala at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations for Queen Victoria in 1887. Granted the personal title of Kunwar Bahadur, prom to Raja 1907 (made hereditary from 12^th December 1911). Chair Soc for the Protection of Children in India 1902. Presdt National Missionary Assoc of India 1905. Moderator of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in India. Elder Scots’ Church Simla. Patron Indian Christian Assoc (ICA) of the UP of Agra & Oudh. Hon Life Sec British India Assoc of Taluqdars of Oudh. Hon Fellow of Punjab Univ. Life Mbr Court of Lucknow Univ. MRAS (GB & Ire). Trustee of “The Tribune” newspaper. Rcvd: Golden Jubilee (1887), Delhi Durbar silver medals (1903 and 1911). m. at Lucknow, 1875, Rani Priscilla, Lady Harnam Singh (b. 1849; d. September 1924), nee Priscilla Golaknath, Chair Indian Women’s Memorial 1901, Founder Jullunder Infant Welfare Centre and Lady Chelmsford Purdah Club (Simla), Mbr Lady Reading Hospital Advisory Brd, third daughter of The Rev Charles Golak Nath Chatterjee, sometime Minister of the Scottish American Presbyterian Mission at Jalandhar, by his Kashmiri wife, a Miss Tickoo. He d. at Kapurthala Palace, Badshah Bagh, Lucknow, 20^th May 1930 (bur. there), having had issue, eight sons and two daughters:
  • a) Raja Raghubir Singh, OBE (c 3.6.1919). b. at Kapurthala Palace, Badshah Bagh, Lucknow, 3^rd May 1876, educ. Harrow Sch, Mdsx. and Forman Christian Coll, Lahore. Joined the ICS, Asst Cmsnr Punjab 1902, Deputy Collector Ludhiana. Succeeded to the title of Raja on the death of his father, 20^th May 1930. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar silver medal (1911). m. at Hoshiarpur, Punjab, December 1907, Rani Lena Singh, second daughter of The Rev Dr Kali Charan Chatterjee, KIH, DD, of Hoshiarpur, Punjab, sometime Moderator of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church in India and Dir of Forman Christian Coll, by his wife, Mary, daughter of The Rev Golak Nath Chatterjee, sometime Minister of the Scottish American Presbyterian Mission at Jalandhar. He d.s.p. 17^th November 1932 (succ. by his younger brother).
  • b) Kunwar Rajinder Singh. b. at Kapurthala Badshah Bagh, Palace, Lucknow, 1877. He d.v.p. there, 13^th May 1883 (bur. there).
  • c) Raja Sir Maharaj Singh, CIE (3.6.1915), CStJ (23.7.1937). b. at Jullundur, Punjab, 17^th May 1878, educ. Harrow Sch, Mdsx, Balliol Coll, Oxford (BA 1900, MA 1901), and Middle Temple. Barr-at-Law 1902, joined United Provinces Civil Service 1903, Dep Collector 1904-1908, Assist. Registrar Co-operative Credit Societies 1908-1911 (actg Registrar 1909 and 1910), transf ICS 1911, Assist Sec for Education GOI 1911-1915 (actg Joint Sec 1914), Snr Assist Sec 1915-1917, Magistrate and Collector Hamirpur 1917-1918, Dep Cmsnr Hardoi 1918-1919, Judicial & Education Sec to the Govt of UP 1919-1920, Dep Sec for Education GOI 1921-1922, Dep Cmsnr Bahraich 1923-1926, Mbr  Indian Deputations to Mauritius 1924, British Guiana 1925, and East Africa 1927-1928 and 1946, Cmsnr Allahabad dist 1927-1928 and 1929-1931, and Benares 1928-1929, Chief Minister of Jodhpur 1931-1932, Agent-General for India in South Africa 1932-1935, Home Member UP Govt 1935-1937, MLA UP 1937-1945 and MLC 1946-1947, Vice-Chancellor Lucknow Univ 1941-1943, Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir 1943-1945, Indian delegate to Commonwealth Relations Conf. London 1945, Delegate to UN General Assembly  (British 1946-1947, Indian 1947-1948), Governor of Bombay 1948-1952 (the first Indian to hold that post). Succeeded to the title of Raja on the death of his elder brother, 17^th November 1932. Presdt  National Liberal Fed 1943-1944, and Indian Christian Assoc 1944, Presdt of Honour Indian Amateur Boxing Fed 1949-1959, Vice-Patron United Service Institution of India 1948-1952. Hon LL.D. Allahabad Univ. 1951. Rcvd: knighted (23.2.1933), Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron. (1937), and Indian Independence (1947) medals. m. 11^th February 1918, Rani Gunwati Kaur, Lady Maharaj Singh (b. at Ferozepur, 13^th January 1889), educ. Dufferin High Sch, Lahore, and Isabella Thoburn Coll, Allahabad Univ (BA), Trinity Coll of Music (Assoc) and St Mary’s Coll, London (dip Ed 1917), Lecturer in History & Literature at Isabella Thoburn Coll 1914-1916, Presdt Indian Women’s Assoc (South Africa) 1933-1935, Mbr Mgmt Brd of Theosophical Girls’ Sch (Allahabad), Indian Univ Women’s Movement, Purdah Club (Simla), etc, daughter of Rai Bahadur Maya Das, of Ferozepur, Punjab. He d. at Lucknow, 6^th June 1959, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
    • i) Raja Ranbir Singh. b. at Hardoi, 11^th June 1919, educ. Diocesan Coll for Boys (Bishop’s), Cape Town, South Africa, Balliol Coll, Oxford (BA 1937), and the Middle Temple, London. Joined External Affairs Dept, Second Sec Cairo 1954-1956, Assist Cmsnr Fed of Rhodesia & Nyasaland 1956 chargés d'affaires at Indian embassies in Tokyo, Cairo, The Hague and Dublin 1963. Succeeded to the title of Raja on the death of his father, 6^th June 1959.  m. (first) Khanum Haji. m. (second) 22^nd April 1967 (div.), Catherine Auriol Lycett Green (b. 23^rd April 1935; m. second, 1981, Patrick Field Till), only daughter of Commander David Cecil Lycett Green, RN, sometime Chair Senior Economisers Ltd., by his first wife, Angela, youngest daughter of Edward Hubert Courage, Esq of Kirkby Fleetham Hall, Northallerton, Yorks. He d. at New Delhi, on or about 21^st June 1996, having had issue, two sons by his first, and three daughters by his second wife:
      • (1) Raja Jai Singh (s/o Khanum Haji), educ. Harrow Sch, Mdsx. Succeeded to the title of Raja on the death of his father, June 1996.
      • (2) Kunwar Pratap Singh [Paul Sinclair]. b. 16^th April 1955 (s/o Khanum Haji), educ. Harrow Sch, Mdsx. Business psychology consultant and expert on psychometric testing. Mng Partner of Sinclair Assocs (Business Coaching & Team Building) since 1993. Mbr European Mentoring & Coaching Council. m. 26^th August 1980 (div. ca. 1984), Jane Watson, from Saffron Walden, Essex. m. (second) at London, June 1995, Angela, née Crines, from Glasgow, Scotland. He has issue, one son and one daughter by his second wife:
        • (a) Alex Cody Singh. b. 22^nd July 1996.
        • (a) Nina Catherine Singh. b. 17^th April 1999.
      • (1) Rajkumari Xenia Kaur [Xenia Singh] [The Hon Mrs Thomas Watson]. b. 9^th June 1968 (d/o Catherine). Trustee Marwar Animal Protection Trust (UK). m. at St Mary's Church, Westow, North Yorkshire, 16^th July 2005, as his second wife, The Hon Thomas Philip Watson (b. 7^th May 1958), younger son and triplet of Captain The Rt Hon Joseph Rupert Eric Robert (Watson), 3^rd Baron Manton, late 7^th Queen's Own Hussars, former gentleman rider, of Houghton Hall, Sancton, York, by his wife, The Rt Hon Mary Elizabeth, Baroness Manton, twin daughter of Major Thomas Denehy Hallinan, of Ashbourne, Giounthaune, co. Cork, Ireland. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • (2) Rajkumari Tamara Kaur [Tamara Singh]. b. 6^th May 1970 (d/o Catherine). Teacher in Hong Kong.
      • (3) Rajkumari Alexia Kaur [Alexia Singh]. b. 1972 (d/o Catherine). Picture Editor EMPICS Sports Photo Library, Editor-in-Charge of the Magazine Desk at Reuters, Paris, 2005.
    • ii) Kunwar Mahindar Singh. b. at Delhi, 12^th January 1921, educ. Bishop Cotton Sch, Simla, Diocesan Coll for Boys (Bishop’s), Cape Town, South Africa, Balliol Coll, Oxford, and Lucknow Univ. Employed with Tata & Co Ltd in Calcutta, and Mahendra & Mahendra Ltd. First Class cricketer 1941-1942, and Founder Mbr Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Assoc. m. Kunwarani Premor Mahindar Singh, widow of Wing Commander Karun Krishna Majumdar, DFC and Bar, RIAF, and daughter of P.N. Dutt, sometime Registrar of Punjab Univ. He d. from cancer, at Chandigarh, East Punjab 15^th August 2004, having had issue, an only daughter:
      • (1) Bibiji Nihar Kaur.
    • i) Rajkumari Prem Kaur. m. … Seth. She had issue, one son and one daughter:
      • (1) Arun Seth.
      • (1) Arati Seth.
  • d) Lieutenant-Colonel Kunwar Shumshere Singh [Shummy]. b. at Kapurthala Palace, Badshah Bagh, Lucknow, 21^st June 1879, educ. Rugby Sch, Pembroke Coll., Cambridge (BA 1900), Middle Temple and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, MRCS (1905), LRCP (Lond. 1905). Cmsnd as Lieut IMS 1/9/1906, prom Capt 1/9/1909, served in the Great War 1914-1918, prom Maj 1/9/1918, Civil Surgeon Punjab 1921-1924, and at Jullunder 1924-1934, prom Lieut-Col 1/9/1926, retd 1934. Cricketer who once played for the Co of Kent. Mbr Royal Societies Club. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar (1911), 1914 Star, British Defence, Allied Victory (1918), Silver Jubilee (1935), and Coron (1937) medals. m. at All-Souls, Langham Place, London, January 1907, ..., British lady. He d. at New Delhi, 12^th May 1975, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
    • i) Hector Singh.
    • i) Beryl Singh. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • e) A son b. and d. 1882.
  • f) Captain Kunwar Inderjit Singh, MC (posth. 1.1.1915). b. at Kapurthala Palace, Badshah Bagh, Lucknow, 27^th December 1883, educ. Harrow Sch, Mdsx, Pembroke Coll, Cambridge (BA), and King’s Coll, London MBBS (1911), MRCP (1912). Cmsnd as Lieut IMS 28/1/1911, officiating MO 28^th Punjabis 1912-1914, prom Capt 28/1/1914, MO 57^th Wilde’s Rifles 1914, served in the Great War in France and Flanders (rcvd: MID, MC, 1914 star, British War and Allied Victory medals). He was k-i-a 23^rd November 1914.
  • g) The Hon Kunwar Sir Dalip Singh. b. at Kapurthala Palace, Badshah Bagh, Lucknow, 2^nd June 1885, educ. Forman Christian Coll., Lahore, Pembroke Coll, Cambridge (BA), and Lincoln’s Inn, London. Barr-at-Law in private practice at the Lahore High Court 1912-1926, Sec Punjab Legislative Assembly 1921-1922, Assist Legal Remembrancer Punjab 1922-1924, Advocate-Gen Punjab 1924-1925, Additional Judge Lahore 1926-1930, Puisne Judge Lahore High Court 1930-1943, Presiding Officer of the Judicial Cttee and Judicial Adviser for the Mandi, Suket and Simla Hill States 1943-1946, Chair UN Cttee on the Progressive Development of International Law and its Codification 1946-1947, Legal & Treaties Advisor at the Ministry of External Affairs 1947, Agent-Gen for the GOI in Kashmir 1947. Trustee of “The Tribune” newspaper 1948-1963. Chair Forman Christian Coll Brd of Directors, and Punjab Public Library. Presdt Punjab Lawn Tennis Assoc (PLTA) 1932. Vice-Presdt All-India Lawn Tennis Assoc. Sec Assoc of Commonwealth Univs (Lahore). Fellow Punjab Library Assoc. Mbr Punjab Public Library Cttee, etc. Rcvd: knighted (23.2.1943), Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron (1937), and Indian Independence (1947) medals. m. Kunwarani Reva, Lady Dalip Singh, KIH silver medal (20.11.1935), daughter of Satish Chandra Gupta, CIE, sometime Sec of the Central Legislative Assembly, New Delhi, by his wife, Priyabala. He d. at Lahore, 13^th January 1971, having had issue, an only daughter:  Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • i) Bibiji Jaya Kaur [Jaya Dalip Singh Ahluwalia] [Mrs Jaya Thadani], educ. in England. Hon Private Sec to Countess Mountbatten of Burma 1947-1948. Washington representative of "The Tribune" newspaper. Author of "When Sparrows Killed Hawks: A children's life of Guru Gobind Singh" (1966), and "Report of the World YWCA Council Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 12-26, 1975". Joint editor of "Land of the Five Rivers: stories of the Punjab" (1965). Rcvd: Indian Independence Medal (1948). m. Dr Jivat N. Thadani, educ. Delhi Sch of Economics, Delhi Univ (PhD), Economic Adviser for th World Bank in Washington DC, sometime IAS officer originally from Sind. She had issue, a son:
      • (1) Dr Vijay Michael Thadani, educ. Princeton Univ., New Jersey (BA 1976), Yale Univ, New Haven, Connecticut (Ph.D. 1981), and Columbia Univ Coll of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, USA (MD 1985). Medicaln Intern at St Luke's Hospital New York 1985-1986, Resident Neurologist at Yale-New Haven Hospital 1986-1989, Neurology-Epilepsy Fellow at Yale Univ Sch of Medicine 1989-1990, Neurologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Centre in Lebanon, NH since 1991, Assoc Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at Dartmouth Medical Sch. m. at St Francis Xavier RC Church, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 21^st June 1986, Onita Canning Connington, educ. Goucher Coll., daughter of Richard Dewey Connington, sometime Presdt. Dewey Irwin & Co, of New York, USA, by his wife, Florence K. , née Canning. He has issue.
  • h) Kunwar Jasbir Singh, CIE (12.6.1941). b. at Kapurthala Palace, Badshah Bagh, Lucknow, 16^th June 1887, educ. Forman Christian Coll., Lahore, Balliol Coll, Oxford, Pembroke Coll., Cambridge (BA), and Lincoln’s Inn, London. Barr-at-Law 1912. Joined UP Civil Service 1913, Deputy Collector Gorakpur, Magistrate and Assist Settlement Officer 1913-1920, Under-Sec to govt of UP 1920-1922, Special Magistrate & Mngr Balrampur Raj on behalf of the Court of Wards 1922-1932, Collector Benares 1933-1934 and Saharampur 1934-1937, Deputy Cmsnr Lucknow 1938-1940, Sec UP Dept of Information 1940-1942. m. at Lucknow, 31^st January 1914, Kunwarani Mabel Jasbir Singh (b. 1888), educ. Univ of Indiana (B.Ed.), Bloomington, Indiana, USA, teacher, née Mabel Golaknath, daughter of Edward Golaknath, Esq, sometime Deputy Inspector of Police Jullundar, by his wife, Eleanor Mary, daughter of Captain Thomas George Dupre Payne, late 7^th Royal Regt of Fusiliers. He d. at Delhi, 15^th October 1942, having had issue, three sons and one daughter:
    • i) Air Vice-Marshal Kunwar Jaswant Singh [Jumper], PVSM (26.1.1963). b. at Budaon, 19^th September 1915, educ. Prince of Wales RIMC, Dehra Dun. Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut IA 2/2/1936, attached Royal Fusiliers 1936-1937, prom Lieut 2/5/1938, coy officer 4^th Btn (Sikhs), 12^th Frontier Force Regt 25/2/1938, served in WW2 1939-1945, prom Capt 2/2/1944, transf RIAF, prom Sqd Ldr 2/5/1944, CO No. 2 Sqd. RIAF 1944, prom Grp Capt 1956, OC Agra Air Force Station 1956-1958, prom Air Cdre 27/5/1958, AOC Transport HQ Bangalore 1958-1959, AOC-in-C Ghana Air Force 1960-1962, served in the Indo-China conflict 1962, prom AVM 3//3/1962, VCOS 1962, AOC-in-C EAC HQ 1962-1963. Rcvd: 39/45 star, British War and India Service, Indian Independence medals, etc. He d. suddenly from heart failure, at Calcutta, 1^st January 1963, having had issue, one son and one daughter:
      • (1) Kunwar Jairaj Singh. b. 1949, educ. the Doon Sch., Dehra Dun, and St Stephen’sc Coll, Dlhi Univ (BA Econ. 1969). Chief Exec (Extrusion dvsn) of Indian Aluminium Co Ltd 1995-1998, Vice-Presdt (Sheet business) of Indian Aluminium Co Ltd 1999-2000, MD Avery India Ltd since 2001, Dir Salter India Pvt Ltd, Schenck Avery Ltd, Tiger Haven Soc, etc.
      • (1) Bibiji Brinda Kaur [Mrs Brinda Dubey]. b. 1946. Presdt West End Residents Welfare Assoc. Dir Tiger Haven Soc. Mbr Governing Council of The Hunger Soc. m. Sushil Dubey (b. 1943), educ. The Doon Sch, Dehra Dun, joined Indian Foreign Service, Second Sec Singapore 1968-1970, First Sec Rio-de-Janeiro 1970, Counsellor Permanent Mission to UN 1978-1980, Dir Ministry of External Affairs Delhi 1980-1983, Ambassador to Peru (conc. Bolivia) 1983-1986, Consul-Gen for California at San Franciso, USA 1992-1995, Additional Sec Ministry of External Affairs Delhi 191995-1997, Ambassador to Sweden (conv. Estonia and Latvia) 1997-2000, Mbr The Doon Sch OBA, The Assoc of Indian Diplomats, etc, son of Major-General Uday Chand Dubey, IA retd, sometime GOC Delhi area. She had issue.
    • ii) Kunwar Arjan Singh [Billy]. b. at Gorakhpur, 15^th August 1917, educ. Philander Smith Coll, Naini Tal, Christain Coll, Lucknow, and Allahabad Univ (BA). Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut (W.S.) IA 28/12/1940, attached RIA, prom Lieut 30/6/1942, served in WW2 1940-1945 in India and Southern Iraq, resig 1946. Conservationist and expert on the Asian tiger. Presdt Tiger Haven Soc 1992-2010. Author of “Tiger Haven” (1971), “Prince of Cats” (1982), “Tiger Tiger” (1985), “Eelie and the Big Cats” (2001), “Watching India’s Wildlife: The Anthology of A Lifetime” (2004), etc. Rcvd: 39/45 Star, British War and India Service medals (1945), Padma Shri (26.1.1995), and Padma Bushan (26.1.2006), Officer of the Order of the Golden Ark of the Netherlands (1977), World Wildlife Gold Medal (1976), etc. He d. unm. at Jasbir Nagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, UP, 1^st January 2010.   Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • iii) Kanwar Balram Singh. b. at Balrampur, 1926, educ. The Doon Sch., Dehra Dun, and St Stephen’s Coll, Delhi Univ (BA). Employed with Balmer Lawrie & Co Ltd in Calcutta. Mbr Bombay Natural History Soc 1948. m. Kunwarani Meera Kaur. He d. 1999, having had issue, two sons:
      • (1) Kunwar Jasmer Singh. b. at Calcutta, 21^st April 1957, educ. The Doon Sch, Dehra Dun, and St Stephen’s Coll, Delhi, Univ. Joined McNeil & Magors in 1975 at their tea planation in Darjeeling, subsequently posted to Assam. He d.v.p. unm. 22^nd February 1986. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • (2) Kunwar Karanbir Singh. b. at Calcutta, 21^st August 1958, educ. The Doon Sch, Dehra Dun, and St Xavier’s Coll, Calcutta (BA). MD Al Mostaqbal Building Materials LLC in Dubai. m. at Calcutta, 8^th February 1981 (div. 1993) Lynda Elizabeth Vertannes (b. at Calcutta, 11^th October 1958), daughter of Vernon Vertannes, of Calcutta, by his wife, Arax, née Sookias. He had issue, two sons:
        • (a) Kunwar Rajbir Stephen Singh. b. at Calcutta, 25^th August 1983, educ. The Doon Sch, Dehra Dun, the HR Coll of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai (B.Com. 2004), the Univ of Wollongong, Dubai (MBA 2005). Joined Lowe Lintas & Partners in Mumbai 2006-2007 and Calcutta 2007-2010, and with Building Materials LLC in Dubai since 2010.
        • (b) Kunwar Karamjit Eric  Singh. b. at Dehra Dun, 21^st March 1990, educ. La Martinere Sch for Boys, Calcutta, and Christ Univ, Bangalore.
    • i) Bibiji Amar Kaur. b. at Naini Tal, 1924. m. John Commander, publisher in London, Executive Dir William Blake Trust, Dir Tiger Haven Soc. She has issue, one son and one daughter:
      • (1) Simon John Commander. b. at Cambridge, 15^th June 1953, educ. Oxford Univ (BA 1975), and Cambridge Univ (PhD 1980). Employed with the World Bank 1988-1990, Adviser to the Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) 1998, Snr. Visiting Fellow at London Business Sch at the Centre for New and Emerging Markets and the Economics Dept. 1999-2001, Research Fellow Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) 1999, Dir Centre for New and Emerging Markets (CNEM) since 2001. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • (1) Priya Commander. Counselling Mngr Charterhouse-in-Southwark. Artist and sculptor.
  • a) The Hon Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, DStJ (22.12.1948). b. at Kapurthala Badshah Bagh, Palace, Lucknow, 2^nd February 1889, educ. Sherbourne, Dorset. Chair All-India Women’s’ Conference 1931-1933 (Presdt 1938), Sec to Mahatma Gandhi 1934-1948, Mbr Jullunder Municipal Council 1934-1936, Mbr Indian Brd of Education 1942, 1946, Indian delegate UNESCO Conf. London 1945, Deputy Leader Indian delegation UNESCO Paris 1946, Union Minister for Health 1947-1957 (conc Minister for Communications 1951-1952), Leader Indian delegation WHO conferences at Rome 1948 and 1949, MP (Lok Sabha) 1952-1957, MP (Rajya Sabha) 1957-1964. Author of “The Concept of Social Service” (1961), and editor of “Letters to Rajkumari Amrit Kaur” (1961). Presdt All-India Cttee for Social Work 1948-1949, Third World Health Assembly (Geneva) 1950, All India Inst of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) 1956, Tuberculosis Assoc of India. Chair Managing Body of Indian Red Cross Soc 1946-1960, Chair Exec Cttee St John’s Ambulance Assoc and Bde 1948, and 19^th International Red Cross Conference (New Delhi) 1957. Vice-Chair Brd of Governors of the League of Red Cross Socs. Trustee of “The Tribune” newspaper. She d. unm. at New Delhi, 6^th February 1964.
  • b) Bibi Raj Kaur. b. at Kapurthala Badshah Bagh, Palace, Lucknow, 1882. She d. there, 1884 (bur. there).
• 3) A son of the second Rani. He d. within two months of his birth.
• 1) Rajkumari Bibiji Govind Kaur Sahiba [Sardarni Buta Singh]. b. at Kapurthala Fort, 19^th January 1851 (d/o the first Ran), educ. privately. m. (first) at Kapurthala Fort, 1863, Sardar Buta Singh, son of Sardar Ram Singh, of Sirnawati, in the Punjab. m. (second) 19xx, Colonel Waryam Singh, of Kalyan, Sultanpur dist., UP, late Kaputhala State Forces. She had issue, at least one son by her first husband.
• 2) Rajkumari Bibiji Melvina Kaur Sahiba [Princess Melvina Rundheer Singh Ahloowalia]. b. 9^th March 1860 (d/o Melvina). m. at Paris, France, February 1883, Major Arthur Stronge Gilbert (d. after 1898), of Kelvedon Lodge, Brentwood, Essex, cmsnd as 1^st Lieut Donegal Militia Artillery 10/4/1855, transf as Ensign 36^th Foot 22/8/1856, prom Lieut 24/5/1859, served NZ War at Waikato, Taranaki and Wanganui 1863-1865, prom Capt 70^th (The Surrey) Regt of Foot 27/11/1866, retd 1870, Capt North York Militia 1874, prom Hon Maj 5/7/1882, Dir Lady Ashburton Silver Mining Co Ltd, Silver Hill Mining Co Ltd, South Wheal Crebor Ltd, etc. She had issue, a son:
  • a) Arthur Stuart Ahluwalia Stronge Gilbert. b. at Chipping Ongar, Essex, 25^th October 1883, educ. Dean Close Memorial Sch, Cheltenham, and Hertford Coll, Oxford (BA). Joined ICS 12/10/1907, Assist Cmsnr Burma, Postal Censor at Rangoon 1914-1916, cmsnd as 2^nd Lieut No 3 Burma Ford Van Coy IARO 8/8/1918, temp Maj 1/7/1919, prom Lieut 8/8/1919, Dist Judge at Moulmien 1919-1922, Judge Court of Assizes 1922, retd 30/5/1927. Settled in France, where he made his career as a translator, author, and collaborator of James Joyce. Author of "James Joyce's Ulysses - A Study" (1932), editor of "James Joyce. Letters, Volume I" (1957), etc. m. 1919, Marie Agnès Mathilde [Moune] (d. 1985), née Douin, a French citizen. He d. at Paris, France, 5^th January 1969, having had issue, a daughter:
    • i) Madeleine Gilbert. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 3) Rajkumari Bibiji Victoria Kaur Sahiba. b. 11^th April 1861 (d/o Melvina). She d. in early 1863.
• 4) Rajkumari Bibiji Helen Marion Kaur Sahiba [Princess Helen Rundheer Singh Ahloowalia]. b. 6^th September 1864 (d/o Melvina), educ. privately. Mbr Royal Colonial Inst (Lond). She d. unm. at Brighton, Sussex, before 20^th October 1887, bur. All Saints Church, Dodinghurst, Essex).

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1870 - 1877 H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh al-Iqtidad Raja-i-Rajgan Raja Kharak Singh Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala. b. at Kapurthala Fort, August 1850, eldest son of H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh al-Iqtidad Raja-i-Rajgan Raja Sir Randhar Singh Bahadur, Raja of Kapurthala, GCSI, by his first wife, educ. privately. Became Heir Apparent with the title of Tikka Sahib, September 1852. Appointed as Regent and head of the administration, on his father’s departure for Europe, 15^th March 1870. Succeeded on his death, 2^nd April 1870. Installed on the gadi at the Royal Palace, Kapurthala, 12^th May 1870. Forced to accept a Council of Administration appointed by the GOI, as a consequence of suffering from a mental relapse at Hoshiarpur, 9^th May 1874. The Council was replaced by a single British Superintendent 18^th April 1875. Rcvd: KIH gold medal (1877). m. H.H. Rani Anand Kaur Sahiba (d. at Kapurthala, 1897). He d. at Dharamsala, 3^rd September 1877, having had issue, an only son:

• 1) H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh, Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala - see below.

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