Kenneth Street (jurist)
Sir Kenneth Whistler Street | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales | |
| In office 27 February 1950 – 22 April 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Frederick Jordan |
| Succeeded by | Sir Leslie Herron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 January 1890 |
| Died | 15 February 1972 (aged 82) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Sir Laurence Street |
| Parent | Sir Philip Street |
| Relatives | Street family |
| Alma mater | Sydney Law School |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom Australia |
| Branch/service | British Army Citizens Military Force |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Battles/wars | First World War |
Sir Kenneth Whistler Street, KCMG, KStJ, QC (28 January 1890 – 15 February 1972) was an Australian judge. He served as the 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales. He was the second generation of the Street family to serve in these viceregal offices, as they were held before him by his father Sir Philip Whistler Street, and after him by his son Commander Sir Laurence Whistler Street.
Street enlisted in the British Army in the First World War, and he was deployed to France in September 1914 to fight with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. He later rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Citizens Military Force. He was a lecturer at Sydney Law School, and he was the husband of Jessie Mary Grey, Lady Street, who served as Australia's first female delegate to the United Nations, and as the first Vice President of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.