Street family

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Street
Current region Australia
FounderJohn Street
Members

The Street family is an Australian

Lieutenant-Commander Sylvia Emmett (née Street) and son-in-law Professor Arthur Emmett serve as federal judges.[1]

1st generation

John Rendell Street,

2nd generation

Sir Philip Street, 1st Chief Justice of the family
Lieutenant Laurence Street, an army officer who fought and died in the Gallipoli campaign, aged 21

Sir Philip Whistler Street,

KCMG, KC (1863–1938) was the 8th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales. On 11 February 1907, he became a full judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. He became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on 28 January 1925 and held that office until his 70th birthday in 1933. He became Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales in 1930, and administered the state in the absence of the Governor from May to October 1934, January to February 1935, and January to August 1936. He died in 1938 and was buried with a state funeral. He is the second longest serving judge in New South Wales history. His second son Laurence died fighting in the Gallipoli campaign and his eldest son Kenneth succeeded him as Chief Justice.[4]

3rd generation

Lieutenant Laurence Whistler Street (1894–1915) was 21 when he was killed in action in May 1915 while fighting in the Gallipoli campaign. A student of Sydney Law School, he enlisted in the Australian Army in August 1914, among the first of his generation, and was made an officer of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Infantry Brigade.[5]

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Kenneth Whistler Street,

QC (1890–1972) was the 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales. He was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court on 7 October 1931, thus joining the bench of which his father was then Chief Justice. According to Percival Serle, this is the only known case in Australian history of a father and a son sitting together as judges on the same bench. Sir Kenneth was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 7 February 1950. He was Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales from 1950 to 1972. Prior to his career as a judge, he served in the First World War, having been commissioned on 29 September 1914 in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and sent to France. He retried with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Citizens Military Force and was buried with a state funeral at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney. Street House at Cranbrook School, Sydney is named in his honour.[6] Sir Kenneth married Jessie Mary Grey Lillingston
and their children were named Laurence, Belinda, Philippa and Roger.

Lady Street as Australia's only female delegate at the post-war establishment of the United Nations conference at San Francisco in 1945
Sir Kenneth Street, 2nd Chief Justice of the family

Jessie Mary Grey, Lady Street (née Lillingston; 1889–1970) was a diplomat and

United Nations Charter. The Jessie Street Centre, the Jessie Street Trust, the Jessie Street National Women's Library and the Jessie Street Gardens exist in her honour.[9]

Brigadier Geoffrey Austin Street,

First Menzies Government during the Second World War. He was awarded a Military Cross for his courage in serving the Australian Imperial Force during the Gallipoli campaign, where he was wounded before returning to service in France during the First World War. At the request of his friend Robert Menzies, he stood for and won the seat of Corangamite in 1934.[10] He was made Minister of Defence in November 1938 and played a major role in the expansion of the military and munitions prior to the outbreak of the Second World War and pushed the National Registration Act (1939) through parliament despite strong opposition, before dying in the 1940 Canberra air disaster. His son Tony Street succeeded him in the seat of Corangamite.[11]

4th generation

Colonel Sir Laurence Whistler Street,

Australian Test cricketer John "Jack" Henry Webb Fingleton, OBE.[14] He had a state funeral at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall in 2018.[15][16][17]

Susan Gai Watt,

Anthony Austin "Tony" Street,

Third Fraser Ministry as Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations.[19]

Recent generations

Sir Laurence Street had four children by his first wife Susan, formerly Lady Street, namely Kenneth, Sylvia, Alexander and Sarah.

King Charles III.[22]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Australian Legal Dynasties: the Stephens and the Streets". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. ^ "'A great lion has fallen': a state farewell for Sir Laurence Street". The Australian. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Mr John Rendell Street (1832–1891)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ISSN 1833-7538
    . Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Obituary: Lawrence Whistler (Larry) Street (1893–1915)". Obituaries Australia.
  6. ISSN 1833-7538
    . Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Mr Edward David Stuart Ogilvie (1814–1896)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  8. ISSN 1833-7538
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  9. ^ "Jessie Street". National Museum of Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  10. ISSN 1833-7538
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  11. ^ "Obituary: Geoffrey Austin Street (1894–1940)". Obituaries Australia.
  12. ^ Lockhart, Deborah. "Vale Sir Laurence Street". Australian Disputes Centre.
  13. ^ "The Honourable Sir Laurence Whistler Street". Supreme Court of New South Wales.
  14. ISSN 1833-7538
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  15. ^ Bailey, Paul. "Sir Laurence Street remembered as an 'outstanding jurist'". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  16. ^ Collins, Antonette. "Malcolm Turnbull remembers mentor Sir Laurence Street's 'charisma, charm and intellect'". Australian Broadcasting Company.
  17. ^ "Prime Minister leads tributes at state funeral for former chief justice". Daily Telegraph.
  18. ISSN 1833-7538
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  19. ^ "The Honourable Anthony Austin Street". Melbourne Grammar School.
  20. ^ "Dynasties: the Street Family". Australian Broadcasting Company.
  21. ^ "The Trust". Jessie Street Trust. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  22. ^ Stephens, Tony. "Sir Laurence Street: the very model of a modern chief justice". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 August 2018.