About Horace de Vere Cole

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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Occupation: poet, comedian
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Born: May 5, 1881
Died: February 25, 1936

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Horace de Vere Cole

Irish prankster (1881–1936)

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About Horace de Vere Cole

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Occupation: poet, comedian
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Born: May 5, 1881
Died: February 25, 1936

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by Believed to be James Lafayette. For further information, see the talk page. via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

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