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About George Wade
Field Marshal George Wade was a British army officer and politician who served in the Nine Years' War, War of the Spanish Succession, Jacobite rising of 1715 and War of the Quadruple Alliance. He went on to be a military commander during the War of the Austrian Succession and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces during the Jacobite rising of 1745. While commanding the British Crown forces in Scotland, Wade was responsible for constructing hundreds of miles of military roads, many of which remain in use.
Everything about George Wade →- Occupation
- military personnel, politician, soldier
- Position held
- member of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 6th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 7th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 8th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Ireland
- Born
- 1673
- Died
- March 14, 1748