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THE PUNJAB

The Sukerchukia Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1841 - 1843 H.H. Maharajadhiraja Sher Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of the Punjab. b. at Batala, December 1807, reputed twin son of H.H. Maharajadhiraja Ranjit Singh Bahadur, Sher-i-Punjab, Maharaja of the Punjab, by his first wife, H.H. Maharani Mahtab Kaur Sahiba, but actually the son of Nahala, a chintz weaver of Mukarian, in the jagir of Mai Sada Kaur, in Hoshiarpur, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his nephew, as the rightful heir to the throne of Lahore, 6^th November 1840. Proclaimed at Lahore Fort, 18^th January 1841. Installed on the gadi at Lahore Fort, 27^th January 1841. m. (first) 1819, Rani Desa Kaur (d. at Lahore, 1821), daughter of Sardar Mohar Singh Nakai. m. (second) 1822, H.H. Maharani Prem Kaur Mai Sahiba (b. 1809; d. at Lahore, 1874), daughter of Hari Singh, a Varaich Jat, Lambardar of Ladhewala, Gujranwala district. m. (third) 1825, H.H. Maharani Bibi Pratap Kaur Sahiba (d. at Lahore, 23^rd August 1857), elder daughter of General Sardar Jagat Singh Brar, of Kot Kapura. m. (fourth) 1842, H.H. Maharani Dakno Kaur Mai Sahiba (d. at Bareily, after 1890), daughter of a Chang zamindar of Jhujian, Kangra district. m. (i) Rani Dharam Kaur [Randhavi Rani Sahiba], former wife of his reputed twin brother, Shahzada Tara Singh Bahadur, and daughter of Jodh Singh Randhawa, a Jat of Tara, Amritsar dist. m. (ii) Rani Nand Kaur [Bhitividwali Rani Sahiba] (d. at Lahore, 1843), former wife of his reputed twin brother, Shahzada Tara Singh Bahadur, and daughter of Chanda Singh, of Bhitivid, Amritsar dist. m. (iii) Rani Zebo Kaur (d.s.p. at Lahore, 1864). He was k. at the Shah Bilaal gardens, by his cousin, Sardar Ajit Singh Sindhanwalia, 15^th September 1843 (succ. by his younger brother), having had issue, three sons:

1) Shahzada Pratap Singh Bahadur, Tikka Sahib Bahadur. b. at Lahore, 1831 (s/o Prem Kaur), educ. privately. Installed as Heir Apparent with the title of Tika Sahib Bahadur, at Lahore Fort, 27^th January 1841. He was k. by his cousin, Sardar Ajit Singh Sindhanwalia, 15^th September 1843.
2) Shahzada Deva Singh Bahadur. b. at Lahore, 1838 (s/o Chand Kaur). He d. 1874.
3) Shahzada Shahdeo Singh Bahadur, of Pundrik-Ganeshpur. b. at Lahore, 1844 (s/o Dakno Kaur), educ. privately. He left the Punjab in 1849 and accompanied his uncle to England in 1854, but eventually settled in Oudh in 1861. Granted a personal jagir by the GOI at Pundrik-Ganeshpur, in the Rae Bareli dist., UP. m. 1860, a daughter of Sardar Fateh Singh, of Suga, in Thanesar dist., Punjab. He had issue, two sons and two daughters: Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- a) Shahzada Basdeo Singh, of Pundrik-Ganeshpur (s/o Fateh Singh's daughter). He d. before 1929.
- b) Mian Sukhdev Singh. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- a) A daughter.
- b) H.H. Maharani Harbans Kaur Sahiba. m. 30^th April 1879, as his first wife, Major H.H. Rais ud-Daula, Sipahdar ul-Mulk, Maharajadhiraj Sri Sawai Maharaj Rana Nihal Singh, Lokendra Bahadur, Diler Jang, Jai Deo, Maharaj Rana of Dholpur, CB (b. at Patiala, 4^th May 1863; d. at Mashohra, 20^th July 1901), son of Raja Shri Kulendra Singh Jai Deo Bahadur, Yuvraj of Dholpur, by his wife, H.H. Sidh Sri Patialawala Maharani Sateha Devi Bhawa Sahib, CI, daughter of H.H. Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Mansur-i-Zaman, Amir ul-Umara, Maharajadhiraja Raj Rajeshwar Yadu Vansha Vatans Bhatti Kul Bushan Sri Maharaja-i-Rajgan, Maharaja Sir Narendra Singh Mahendra Bahadur, Maharaja of Patiala, GCSI. She had issue, two sons - see India (Dholpur).

The wives of Maharajadhiraja Sher Singh, also adopted the following sons:

4) Sardar Bakshish Singh. Adopted by Rani Zebo Kaur.
5) Sardar Narain Singh, son of Atar Singh, of Bhano Bhindi, Sialkot district. Adopted by Maharani Prem Kaur, after the death of her son. m. ... He had issue two sons and a daughter:
- a) Sardar Harnam Singh. b. 1878.
- b) Mian Attar Singh. b. 1879.
- a) Sardarni Harnam Kaur. m. Sardar Gajendra Singh Majitha (b. 1865; d. at Amritsar, December 1908), son of General Sardar Ranjodh Singh Majitha. She had issue, one daughter.
6) Sardar Karam Singh. b. 1838, son of a zamindar of Mukerain, Hoshiarpur district. Adopted by Rani Dharam Kaur in 1838.
7) Sardar Thakar Singh. b. 1847, son of Gaja Singh Brar. Adopted by his cousin, Maharani Pratap Kaur in 1847.

1843 - [1893] H.H. Maharajadhiraja Duleep Singh Bahadur, GCSI (25.6.1861). b. at Lahore, 4^th September 1838, youngest son of H.H. Maharajadhiraja Ranjit Singh Bahadur, Sher-i-Punjab, Maharaja of the Punjab, by his wife, H.H. Maharani Jindan Kaur Sahiba [Chanda Kaur], educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother, 16^th September 1843. Installed on the gadi, Shir-i-Punjab, Maharaja of the Punjab, at Lahore Fort, 2^nd February 1844. Reigned under the Regency of his mother. The Punjabi forces were decisively beaten by the British at the battle of Gujrat on 21^st February 1849, and his territories annexed 16^th March 1849. Exiled to Fatehgarh, then allowed to settle in England. Thereafter titled as Maharajadhiraja Duleep Singh Bahadur, with the personal style of His Highness. Becoming a great favourite of Queen Victoria, he was received into the Church of England in 1853. Attempted to return to the Punjab in 1886, but was stopped at Aden and turned back Europe. Escaped to France and tried to persuade the French authorities to assist him in restoring his throne. Converted back to Sikhism in 1888. Failing to excite official interest in France due to British objections, he journeyed to Russia, where he offered his services to the Tsar in an invasion of India. Becoming almost destitute, he requested and received a pardon from his old mentor, Queen Victoria. m. (first) at the British Consulate, Alexandria, Egypt, 7^th June 1864, H.H. Maharani Bamba Duleep Singh, CI (1.1.1878) (b. at Alexandria, Egypt, 6^th July 1848; d. at Paris, 18^th September 1887), educ. American Baptist Christian Mission Sch., Cairo, daughter of Ludwig Muller, a German banker resident, of Ramala, Egypt, by Sofia, an Ethiopian Coptic Christian lady of good family, captured by the Egyptian army and sold as a slave in Cairo. m. (i) at La Madeleine, Paris, 20^th May 1889, Maharani Ada Douglas Duleep Singh (b. at Kennington, Surrey, 15^th January 1869; d. at Ferring, Sussex, 6^th August 1930, crem. Golders Green Crematorium), youngest daughter of Charles Douglas Wetherill, Esq., of Great Ormond Street, Holborn, London, sometime Civil Engineer, by his wife, Sarah Charlotte. He d. at the Hotel de la Trémoille, Paris, 23^rd October 1893 (bur. St Andrew's & St Patrick's Churchyard, Elveden, Suffolk), having had issue, four sons and three daughters by his first wife, and two daughters by his second:

1) A son b. at Aberfeldy, Perthshire, 4^th July and d. at Kenmore, Perthshire, 5^th August 1865 (s/o Maharani Bamba).
2) Captain Prince Victor Albert Jay Duleep Singh. b. in London 10^th July 1866 (s/o Maharani Bamba), educ. Eton, Berks., Trinity Hall and Downing Colls., Cambridge and at the RMA, Sandhurst. Cmsnd. 2^nd-Lieut. 1^st Royal Dragoons 1/2/1888, Hon ADC to the GOC Halifax, Nova Scotia 1888-1890, prom. Lieut. 26/8/1891, prom. Capt. 27/6/1894, resig. 3/8/1898. Succeeded on the death of his father as Head of the Royal House of the Punjab, 23^rd October 1893. Rcvd: Coron. medals (1902 and 1911). m. at London, 4^th January 1898, Anne Blanche Alice [Princess Victor Duleep Singh] (b. at Upton-upon-Severn, Worcs., 27^th January 1874; d.s.p. at Monte Carlo, 2^nd July 1956), served in France during the Great War, recd: Coron. medals (1902 and 1911), Médaille de la Reconnaissance, and Médaille de la France Liberée, second daughter of Colonel The Rt. Hon. George William (Coventry), 9^th Earl of Coventry, PC, DL, sometime Capt. and Goldstick of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Master of the Buckhounds, Lord Lieut. of Worcestershire, etc. by his wife, The Rt. Hon. Blanche, Countess of Coventry, third daughter of The Rt. Hon. William (Craven), 2^nd Earl of Craven, sometime Lord Lieut. of Warwickshire, High Steward of Newbury, and Recorder of Coventry. Rcvd: Coron. medals (1902 and 1911). He d.s.p. at Monte Carlo, 7^th June 1918.
3) Major Prince Frederick Victor Duleep Singh, MVO (28.5.1901), TD (13.3.1919). b. at London, 23^rd January 1868 (s/o Maharani Bamba), educ. Eton, Berks., and Magdalene Coll., Oxon. (MA). Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut. Suffolk Yeomanry (Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars) 12/8/1893, prom. Lieut. 21/7/1894, prom. Capt. 10/8/1898, Assist. Adj. 7^th Yeomanry Bde. 1900, super. Maj. Norfolk Imperial Yeomanry (King's Own Royal Regt.) 3/7/1901, Hon. Maj. 31/3/1908, resig. 14/9/1909, resumed service as temp. Maj. 2/1st Norfolk Yeomanry 1/10/1914, and served in the Great War 1914-1918, specially employed with Artillery Horse Lines 1917-1918, retd. 26/4/1919. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother as Head of the Royal House of the Punjab, 7^th June 1918. Amateur archaeologist and historian. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Rcvd: Coron. medals (1902 and 1911), 1914 star, Territorial War and Allied Victory medals (1918). He d. unm. at Blo' Norton Hall, Diss, Suffolk, 15th August 1926 (bur. Blo' Norton Churchyard).
4) Prince Albert Edward Alexander Duleep Singh. b. at Blo' Norton Hall, Diss, Suffolk. 20^th August 1879 (s/o Maharani Bamba), educ. privately. He d. from pneumonia, at the Albany Hotel, Hastings, Sussex, 22^nd April 1893 (bur. St Andrew's & St Patrick's Churchyard, Elveden, Suffolk).
1) Princess Bamba Sophia Jindan Duleep Singh [Princess Bamba Sutherland]. b. at London 29^th September 1869 (d/o Maharani Bamba), educ. Somerville Hall, Oxford. m. 1916, Lieutenant-Colonel David Waters Sutherland, CIE (3.6.1917) (b. at Buningyong, Victoria, Australia, 18^th December 1872; d. at Braeside, Belhaven, Dunbar, 19^th April 1939), educ. Melbourne and Edinburgh Univs. MD (Edin.), MBCM (Edin.), FRCP (Lond.), cmsnd. Surgeon Lieut. IMS (Bengal) 28/7/1894, served in Chitral campaign 1895, MO Queen's Own Corps of Guides, Staff Sugeon Dvsnl. HQ, served in Malakand and Panjkora engagements, prom. Maj. 29/1/1905, Consulting Physician Afghanistan Field Force 1919, Professor of Pathology & Materia Medica at King Edward's Medical Coll., Lahore 1897-1909, Professor of Medicine 1909-1926, Principal 1909-1923, Fellow Royal Soc. of Edinburgh (FRSE) (1903), son of John Sutherland, of Allendale, Victoria, Australia, by his wife, Wilhelmina Waters. She d.s.p. at 'Gulzar', Model Town, Lahore, Pakistan, 3^rd October 1957 (or 10^th March 1957) (bur. there at the Christian Cemetery, Gulbarg).
2) Princess Catherine Hilda Duleep Singh. b. at Belgravia, London, 27^th October 1871 (d/o Maharani Bamba), educ. Somerville Hall, Oxford. Mbr. National Union of Women's Suffrage Socs. (NUWSS). She d. unm. at Hilden Hall, Penn, Bucks., 8^th November 1942 (crem. Golders Green Crematorium).
3) Princess Sophia Alexandrowna Duleep Singh. b. at Elveden Hall, Suffolk, 8^th August 1876 (d/o Maharani Bamba), educ. privately. A militant suffragette who later organised patriotic flag days for Punjabi troops in London during the Great War. Patron Lascar Club. Mbr. Women's Social & Political Union (WSPU), Women's Tax Resistance League (WTRL), Suffragette Fellowship, etc. She d. unm. at Hilden Hall, Penn, Bucks., 22^nd August 1948 (crem. Golders Green Crematorium).
4) Princess Pauline Alexandra Duleep Singh [Princess Pauline Torry]. b. at Hotel Billoi, Bolshoi Lubyanka, Moscow, Russia 26^th December 1887 (d/o Maharani Ada). m. at London, 1914, John Shirley Archibald Torry (b. at Bakewell, Derbyshire, 1889; d. from wounds received at the Battle of Loos, 19^th September 1915, bur. Merville Community Cemetery), educ. Charterhouse, and New Coll., Oxford (BA 1912), Temp. 2^nd Lieut. 12^th (Service) Btn., The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 1914, served in the Great War 1914-1915, eldest son of The Rev. Henry John Claude Torry, MA, of Streat Rectory, Hassocks, Surrey, by his first wife. She d.s.p. in France, after 1930.
5) Princess Ada Irene Helen Beryl Duleep Singh [Princess Irene Villement]. b. at Paris, France 25^th October 1889 (d/o Maharani Ada), educ. privately. m. at the Church of Saint-Philippe du Roule, rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, Paris, France, 15^th March 1910, Pierre Marie Alexandre Villement, a French national. She d.s.p. (committed suicide by drowning) at Monaco, 14^th September 1926.

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