George Wade

(1673-1748)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Wade, George, 1673-1748 DNB: Wade, George (1673-1748), army officer and road builder LBT ID: GeWade1748 VIAF ID: 56486528 LOC ID: nr93040414	B/BAP: 1673 DIED: 1748-03-14
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Military commander who built the roads linking the Highland garrisons at Ruthven, Fort George, Fort Augustus, and Fort William.
REFERENCES TO George Wade: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter XI 1802-03 Found 1: ¶ 17 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter XVII Found 1: ¶ 15