Horace de Vere Cole

Irish prankster (1881-1936) · United Kingdom · Writers · Died at 54

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William Horace de Vere Cole was an Anglo-Irish prankster born in Ballincollig, County Cork. His most famous prank was the Dreadnought hoax where he and several others in blackface, pretending to be an Abyssinian prince and his entourage, were given a tour of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Dreadnought.

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Cole in 1910

The Dreadnought hoaxers in Abyssinian regalia; from left, Virginia Stephen (later Virginia Woolf, seated), Duncan Grant, Horace, Adrian Stephen, Anthony Buxton (seated), Guy Ridley.

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Father William Utting Cole

Horace de Vere Cole

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Sibling Anne Chamberlain

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Anne Fine50.8 Carla Lane50.8 Peter George50.8

Guy Gibson50.8

William Sharp50.8

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