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Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln | |
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 Trebitsch-Lincoln c. 1915 | |
| Member of Parliament for Darlington | |
| In office January 1910 – November 1910 | |
| Preceded by | Herbert Pease |
| Succeeded by | Herbert Pease |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 April 1879 Paks, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 6 October 1943 (aged 64)[1] Shanghai, Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Occupation | Adventurer, con artist |
Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln (Hungarian: Trebitsch-Lincoln Ignác, German: Ignaz Thimoteus Trebitzsch; 4 April 1879 – 6 October 1943) was a Hungarian-born adventurer and convicted con artist. Born in Hungary of Jewish descent, he spent much of his life traveling the world engaging in various confidence scams. Among his adventures, he posed as a Protestant missionary, Anglican priest, British Member of Parliament for Darlington, German right-wing politician and spy, Nazi collaborator, Buddhist abbot in China, and self-proclaimed Dalai Lama.