George Edward Wade

George Edward Wade (1853, London – 5 February 1933) was a British sculptor. He was largely self-taught as an artist and is best remembered for his statues of royalty and politicians.

He was baptised on 17 April 1853 at Westminster, London, England. He was the fourteen children of the Rev. Canon Nugent Wade and Louisa (born Fenwick). His elder sister was Louisa Anne Wade who led the Royal School of Needlework. Another brother was architect and textile designer Fairfax Blomfield Wade-Palmer.

Selected works Bust of Ignacy Jan Paderewski 1891 "500 copies of his likeness of the pianist Paderewski went out to America alone. Sir John A. Macdonald Memorial, Gore Park (Hamilton, Ontario) c. 1893 The Macdonald Monument, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 1895 Queen Victoria Statue, Colombo, Sri Lanka 1897 Lady Henry Somerset Memorial, London, 1897 (stolen 1971 and replaced by a copy in 1991) Another casting was placed in Portland, Maine, USA in 1917 King Edward VII, statue in his coronation robes, Reading, Berkshire, unveiled November 1902. Three former statues of Statue Square, Hong Kong: Edward VII (1907), Queen Alexandra (1909), Mary of Teck, Princess of Wales and future Queen Mary (1909). Alexandra of Denmark, London, 1908 Field Marshal Douglas Haig, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, 1923 William Booth, London, 1929 Catherine Booth, 1929