Kenneth Street (jurist)

The Honourable Sir Kenneth Whistler Street KCMG, KStJ, QC
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	(1890-01-28)28 January 1890 Sydney
Died	15 February 1972(1972-02-15) (aged 82) Sydney, New South Wales
Spouse	Jessie Lillingston ​ ​ (m. 1916; died 1970)​
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 the 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales. These offices were held before him by his father Sir Philip Whistler Street and after by his son Sir Laurence Whistler Street, the only such viceregal succession in Australian history.^[1]

Street enlisted in the British Army in the First World War and 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.^[2] He was a lecturer at Sydney Law School and husband to Jessie Mary Grey, Lady Street, Australia's first female delegate to the United Nations.^[3]