biography
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Casey, Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1890–1976)
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| biography:
| Australian statesman, born in Melbourne, Victoria, SE Australia. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1931. He became first Australian minister to the USA in 1940, minister of state in the Middle East (a war cabinet rank) in 1942, and minister for external affairs in 1951. A life peerage was conferred on him in 1960. |
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