Sir Thomas Francis Wade: Notes c. 1891-1892

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Sir Thomas Francis Wade: Notes c. 1891-1892

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Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

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Wade, T. F. (Thomas Francis), 1818-1895

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Epithet: Chinese secretary to Lord Elgin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000701.0x00018c Epithet: Colonel; CB; father of Sir Thomas Francis Wade British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000701.0x00017f Epithet: Colonel; Assistant Poor Law Commissioner British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description...

Wade, Sir Thomas Francis, 1815-1895

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Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895) was born in London on 25 August 1818, son of Major (later Colonel) Thomas Wade (d. 1846). He lived in Mauritius, 1823-1827, and in the Cape, 1829-1832, before returning to England and attending Harrow, 1832-1837. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1837, but left to join the army in 1838. He was made lieutenant in 1841, and was posted to Hong Kong, where he arrived in 1842. During the voyage he studied Chinese, leading to his appointment as interpreter a...