 He also started further Wade factories, including Wade (Ulster) Ltd in Portadown.Following the death of Sir George Wade in 1986 at the age of 94, and the death of leukaemia of his innovative son George Anthony (Tony) Wade in 1987, the Wade potteries were taken over by Beauford Plc in 1998 and renamed Wade Ceramics Ltd.In the early 1990s the Irish pottery factory was renamed Seagoe Ceramics, and was closed down.