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Tristan John DeVere Cole (also spelled Tristan J. de vere Cole; born 16 March 1935) is an English television director, now retired, who is believed to be an illegitimate son of the painter Augustus John. [1] His "official" father was Horace DeVere Cole, the famous Edwardian Era hoaxer and practical joker best known for the "Dreadnought Hoax" . He now lives in Sutton Scotney, not far from Anne Stow, his partner and first grandchild of Neville Chamberlain, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His "father" Horace was also Chamberlain's Brother in Law.

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References

  1. ↑ Darren Devine "Last illegitimate son of Augustus John on life with 'King of Bohemia'", Wales Online, 9 March 2012
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