Kenneth Street (jurist)

The Honourable Sir Kenneth Street KCMG KStJ
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10th Chief Justice of New South Wales
In office 6 January 1950 – 27 January 1960
Appointed by	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Frederick Jordan
Succeeded by	Herbert Evatt
16th Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales
In office 6 January 1950 – 19 February 1972
Preceded by	Sir Frederick Jordan
Succeeded by	Sir Leslie Herron
Personal details
Born	(1890-01-28)28 January 1890 Sydney, New South Wales
Died	Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian

Sir Kenneth Whistler Street, KCMG, KStJ, (28 January 1890 – 15 February 1972) was an Australian jurist.

He was elevated as a judge of the Supreme Court on 7 October 1931. He thus joined the bench of which his father Philip Whistler Street was then chief justice. In 1949, as senior puisne judge, Street acted as chief justice when Sir Frederick Jordan died. Confirmed in that office from 6 January 1950, he was sworn in on 7 February, thus becoming the second of three generations of the Street family to serve New South Wales as Chief Justice.

Appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (1956), and awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Sydney (1952), Sir Kenneth became lieutenant-governor and administered the State several times. Farewelled in court in December 1959, he retired from the bench on his seventieth birthday. In 1951 he was appointed a knight of grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.

He married Jessie Street, social reformer. They had four children including Sir Laurence Street who also attained the position of Chief Justice. His daughter Philippa married the Australian Test cricketer and journalist Jack Fingleton.

Street died on 15 February 1972 and was accorded a state funeral. His youngest son Sir Laurence achieved in 1974 the rare distinction of occupying the same office of chief justice as had his father and grandfather.

External links

• Kenneth Whistler Street at the Australian Dictionary of Biography

Legal offices
Preceded by Sir Frederick Jordan	Chief Justice of New South Wales 1950 - 1960	Succeeded by Herbert Evatt
Government offices
Preceded by Sir Frederick Jordan	Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales 1950 - 1972	Succeeded by Sir Leslie Herron