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| | Richard Casey, Baron Casey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey, KG, GCMG, CH, DSO, MC, PC (29 August 1890 - 17 June 1976), Australian politician and diplomat and 16th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Brisbane, Queensland. |
 | | Casey was in Washington when the United States entered the war, and played an important role in establishing the alliance between the United States and Australia. |
 | | Casey retired in 1960, and was created "Baron Casey, of Berwick in the State of Victoria and the Commonwealth of Australia, and of the City of Westminister", becoming the third and last Australian politician (after Sir John Forrest and Bruce) to be elevated to the House of Lords (although Forrest never took his seat). |
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