Editing Duleep Singh (section)

===Elveden Estate===
[[File:Maharaja Duleep Singh, c 1860s.jpg|190px|right|thumb|Sir Duleep Singh in the 1860s]]
Maharaja Duleep Singh (as he became in June 1861) bought (or the [[India Office]] purchased for him) a {{convert|17000|acre|km2}} country estate at [[Elveden]] on the border between [[Norfolk]] and [[Suffolk]], close to [[Thetford]], in 1863. He enjoyed living in [[Elveden Hall]] and the surrounding area and restored the church, cottages, and school. He transformed the run-down estate into an efficient game preserve and it was here that he gained his reputation as the fourth best shot in England.<ref>Michael Alexander and Sushila Anand. ''Queen Victoria's Maharaja: Duleep Singh 1838–93'' {{ISBN|1-84212-232-0}}, {{ISBN|978-1-84212-232-7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fieldsportsmagazine.com/articles_shoot_how_good_were_they.php|title=The UK's finest country sports publication}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/3294208/All-guns-blazing.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/3294208/All-guns-blazing.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Adam | last=Edwards | title=All guns blazing | date=13 October 2001}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The house was remodelled into a quasi-oriental palace where he lived the life of a British aristocrat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-275758-elveden-hall-elveden|title = Elveden Hall, Elveden, Suffolk}}</ref> Maharaja Duleep Singh was accused of running up large expenses and the estate was sold after his death to pay his debts. Today, Elveden is owned by [[Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh|The 4th Earl of Iveagh]], the head of the [[Anglo-Irish people|Anglo-Irish]] [[Guinness family]] of [[Guinness|brewing]] fame; it remains an operating farm and private hunting estate.