The Bath Mp Who Helped Shape the City ; Bath Writer Denise Chantrey has Recently Written a Biography of Field Marshal George Wade One of Bath's Most Colourful Characters in the 18th Century. Christopher Hansford Discovers Why the One Time Bath Mp Was so Popular

The Bath Chronicle › July 30, 2009

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If you happen to be having a holiday in the Highlands of Scotland this year, you may have cause to be grateful to one time Bath MP Field Marshall George Wade.

In his day he was as much of a colourful character as Beau Nash but today may be best remembered for his role in disarming and pacifying the clans after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 and for the network of roads and bridges he built in the Scottish Highlands.

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The Bath Mp Who Helped Shape the City ; Bath Writer Denise Chantrey has Recently Written a Biography of Field Marshal George Wade One of Bath's Most Colourful Characters in the 18th Century. Christopher Hansford Discovers Why the One Time Bath Mp Was so Popular

He really ranks alongside Nash, Ralph Allen and John Wood as being one of the four men most responsible for making Bath the beautiful city it is today.

A new book by Bath writer Denise Chantrey, ...

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