Background
Wade was born at Henfield, Sussex on 17 October 1880 the son of Charles Wade, a solicitor, and his wife Sarah.
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Armigel Wade
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Wade was educated at Lancing College before studying at Keble College, Oxford.
Career
After graduation, he taught classics at Worksop College, Nottinghamshire and at the Forest School, before being appointed Assistant District Commissioner in the East Africa Protectorate in 1912. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 1931. In the following year, he became Chief Native Commissioner in Kenya Colony.
He had two spells as Acting Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Kenya, between March and August 1935, and between December 1936 and April 1937.
He retired in 1939. He returned to Britain and spent some of his later years in Pulborough, Sussex, and died on 4 December 1966.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.