George Wade
Military Commander
1673 – 1748
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Who was George Wade?
Field Marshal George Wade was a British Army officer who served in the Nine Years' War, War of the Spanish Succession, Jacobite rising of 1715 and War of the Quadruple Alliance before leading the construction of barracks, bridges and proper roads in Scotland. 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.
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- Born
- 1673
County Westmeath - Also known as
- General Wade
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Lived in
- County Westmeath
- Died
- Mar 14, 1748
- Resting place
- Westminster Abbey
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on July 23, 2013
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