Editing George Wade (section)

==Early career==
Born the son of Jerome Wade in [[Killavally]], [[County Westmeath]], Ireland, he spent his early years in [[English Tangier]], where his father was a member of the [[Tangier Garrison]].<ref>Salmond, James Bell. ''Wade in Scotland''. Moray Press, 1938 p.29</ref> Wade was [[commissioned officer|commissioned]] into the [[10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot|Earl of Bath's Regiment]] on 26 December 1690<ref name=heath>Heathcote, p. 285</ref> and served in [[Flanders]] in 1692, fighting at the [[Battle of Steenkerque]] in August 1692 during the [[Nine Years' War]] and earning a promotion to [[lieutenant]] on 10 February 1693.<ref name=heath/> He transferred to Sir [[Bevil Granville]]'s Regiment on 19 April 1694<ref name=odnb>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28377?docPos=2|title=George Wade|year=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/28377|access-date=5 May 2012}}</ref> and was promoted to [[captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 13 June 1695.<ref name=heath/>

During the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], he first served under [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|Marlborough]], seeing action in Flanders at the Battle of Kaiserwerth in April 1702, the Battle of Venlo in September 1702, the Battle of Roermond in October 1702 and the Battle of Liège also in October 1702. He was promoted to [[Major (rank)|major]] on 20 March 1703 and to [[lieutenant colonel]] in October 1703.<ref name=heath/> In 1704 he joined the staff of [[Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway]] as [[adjutant-general]] in Portugal,<ref name=heath/> and distinguished himself as colonel of the [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment|Huntingdon's Regiment]] during the [[Battle of Alcantara (1706)|Battle of Alcántara]], where he was wounded in April 1706.<ref name=heath/> He repelled a large force of cavalry at Vila Nova and then commanded the [[3rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|3rd infantry brigade]] during the [[Battle of Almansa]] in April 1707.<ref name=heath/> He was promoted to [[brigadier general]] on 1 January 1708.<ref name=odnb/>

He served as second in command to [[James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope|James Stanhope]] in [[Menorca]] in 1708,<ref name=heath/> leading one of the storming parties on [[St. Philip's Castle|Fort St. Philip]], before returning to Spain in 1710, where he fought at the [[Battle of Saragossa]] in August 1710.<ref name=heath/> He was promoted to [[major-general]] on 3 October 1714<ref name=heath1>Heathcote, p. 286</ref> and became commander of the British forces in Ireland in November 1714.<ref name=odnb/>

Wade returned home to join in the suppression of the [[Jacobite rising of 1715]] and undertook security duties in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], where he unearthed a haul of Jacobite weapons.<ref name=odnb/> He entered politics as [[Member of parliament|MP]] for [[Hindon (UK Parliament constituency)|Hindon]] in 1715.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=5360|page=2|date=30 August 1715}}</ref> On 19 March 1717, he became colonel of the [[3rd Dragoon Guards|Earl of Plymouth's Regiment of Horse]].<ref name=odnb/>

In 1719, he served as second-in-command to [[Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham|Viscount Cobham]]<ref name=heath1/> during the [[War of the Quadruple Alliance]] when Cobham led a force of 4,000 troops on a raid on the Spanish coastline which captured [[Vigo]] and [[Capture of Vigo|occupied it for ten days]] before withdrawing.<ref>Rodger p. 229</ref> The same year he was one of the original backers of the [[Royal Academy of Music (company)|Royal Academy of Music]], establishing a London opera company that commissioned numerous works from [[Handel]] and others.<ref>Thomas McGeary. ''The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain''. Cambridge University Press, 2013. p. 254</ref>

He became MP for [[Bath (UK Parliament constituency)|Bath]] in 1722,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=6045|page=4|date=24 March 1722}}</ref> retaining the seat for 25 years.<ref name=heath1/> [[Marshal Wade's House|His house]], built around 1700, is situated next to [[Bath Abbey]] and is now a Grade I [[listed building]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=442123|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017221556/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=442123|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 October 2012|title=Marshal Wade's House|work=Images of England|publisher=English Heritage|access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Dargan |first=Pat |title=Bath in 50 Buildings |publisher=Amberley Publishing |year=2018 |isbn=9781445659640}}</ref>