George Wade
George Wade ( * 1673 in Kilavally, Westmeath, † March 14, 1748 ) was a British field marshal.
George Wade was born in the Irish Kilavally. He joined the British army in 1690 and served until 1692 in Flanders, where he was promoted to captain. In the War of Spanish Succession from 1702 to 1713, he first served under Marlborough, was promoted to Major and eventually rose to lieutenant colonel in 1702. From 1704 he was a member of the staff under the leadership of Lord Galway. He distinguished himself in 1706 in Alcantara and Villanova, and in 1707 from Almanza. Wade was appointed in 1708 to brigadier general in 1708 and lieutenant after James Stanhope in Minorca, before he returned to Spain in 1710. There he received after the battle of Saragossa the rank of Major General.
After his return to Britain he tried politically to gain a foothold before he was involved in the suppression of the 1715 Jacobite rebellion. Wade was sent in 1724 by George I as inspector to Scotland. He recommended the construction of barracks, bridges and stable roads to facilitate the rule in this region. Within a month he was appointed commander of the royal forces, the castles, forts and barracks in North Britain and entrusted with the task of implementing its recommendations. He retained this position until 1740. Between 1725 and 1737, oversaw the construction of 400 Wade kilometers of roads and 40 bridges including Taybrücke in Aberfeldy. The roads linking the military bases in Ruthven, Fort George, Fort Augustus and Fort William. He also called the paramilitary Highland Watches in life, whose members come from the landed gentry. The first six companies were founded in 1725, consisting of three Campbells and one each from the Frasers, Grants and Munros. With four other they formed in 1739 from the Black Watch regiment.
The promotion to Lieutenant General Wade was in 1742, which at the same time made him a privy councilor. From 1743 he was appointed the rank of Field Marshal the common commander of the Anglo - Austrian troops in the War of Austrian Succession, where he fought in Flanders against the French and the British troops under George II led to the Battle of Dettingen. It was in March 1744 and returned from this command as Commander back to the UK. When the Jacobite rose in 1745 for the second time, Wade could not keep pace. He suffered a defeat when he tried to stop their invasion of England, and was consequently relieved from command. Prince William August, Duke of Cumberland led the British army in the decisive Battle of Culloden.
- Military person ( UK )
- Born in 1673
- Died in 1748
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