Wade, SIR THOMAS FRANCIS, Chinese diplomatist and scholar, was born in 1818, educated at Harrow, entered the army in 1838, and served till 1847. Chinese secretary at Hong-kong in 1855, he was attached to the missions of Lord Elgin and Sir Frederick Bruce (1857-61), became Chinese secretary to the Legation at Peking in 1862, and in 1871 minister plenipotentiary there, being made K.C.B. in 1875. He died 31st July 1895.
Wade, SIR THOMAS FRANCIS
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