Horace de Vere Cole
1881 AD – 1936 AD
William Horace de Vere Cole (5 May 1881 – 25 February 1936) 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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Born · 1881 AD
1910 ADDreadnought Hoax at Weymouth Locked · Opens once we have made this moment and it has been the daily.
Died · 1936 AD