Maie Casey, Baroness Casey

The Lady Casey
The Caseys at Berwick, circa 1963
Viceregal consort of Australia
In office
7 May 1965 – 30 April 1969
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor GeneralLord Casey
Preceded byJacqueline Sidney, Lady De L'Isle
Succeeded byAlexandra, Lady Hasluck
Personal details
Born
Ethel Marian Sumner Ryan

(1892-03-13)13 March 1892
Melbourne, Australia
Died20 January 1983(1983-01-20) (aged 90)
Berwick, Australia
Spouse
(m. 1926⁠–⁠1976)
OccupationPioneer aviator, poet, librettist, biographer, memoirist, artist and vice-regal wife

Ethel Marian Sumner Casey, Baroness Casey, AC, FRSA (née Ryan; 13 March 1892 – 20 January 1983), commonly known as Maie Casey, was an Australian pioneer aviator, poet, librettist, biographer, memoirist and artist. She was married to Lord Casey, who was Governor-General of Australia from 1965 to 1969.

Robert Menzies famously referred to her, as "Lady Macbeth".[1]

  1. ^ "Feisty femmes skirted scandal". TheAustralian. Retrieved 19 November 2016.