Order of the Garter, Medals

 
Component identifier:
Series 6
Content Summary:

On retiring from politics, Lord Casey was created a life peer - the first outside the United Kingdom - and took the title Baron Casey of Berwick. In 1969 he was made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, being invested by Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle on 16 June 1969.

There is, in addition to the various items of Garter realia listed separately in this guide, a small amount of printed material concerning the Order: a copy of the Statutes of the Order, and programmes of Lord Casey's investiture.

A number of Lord Casey's war and other medals are also included.

The realia of Lord Casey held by the National Library comprises his coat of arms, medals, crest, and various items of regalia of his Order of the Garter.

Lord Casey's banner (part of the Garter regalia) would normally have been returned to the Garter King of Arms upon his death. However, on Lord Casey's special request, the Garter King of Arms, Sir Anthony Wagner agreed to its being retained by the National Library. Lord Casey was invested in the Order in 1969.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The Casey Papers were obtained over a number of years following the death of Lord Casey in 1976. They were received initially from Lady Casey and subsequently from her daughter Mrs Jane MacGowan, as well as from Dr W.J. Hudson.

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Parent Restrictions:
Please refer to the collection's catalogue record (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2896954) for the access conditions.
Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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