Laurence Street

The Honourable Sir Laurence Whistler Street AC, KCMG, KStJ, QC
14th Chief Justice of New South Wales
In office 28 June 1974 – 1 November 1988
Appointed by	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir John Kerr
Succeeded by	Murray Gleeson
Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales
In office 1 July 1974 – 24 July 1989
Preceded by	Sir Leslie Herron
Succeeded by	Murray Gleeson
Personal details
Born	(1926-07-03)3 July 1926 Sydney, Australia
Died	21 June 2018(2018-06-21) (aged 91)
Children	5, including Sandy Street
Parent(s)	Sir Kenneth Street Jessie, Lady Street
Relatives	Street family
Alma mater	Sydney Law School
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Branch/service	Royal Australian Navy Australian Army Reserve
Rank	Commander (Navy) Hon. Colonel (Army)
Battles/wars	Second World War

Sir Laurence Whistler Street, AC, KCMG, KStJ, QC (3 July 1926 – 21 June 2018) was the 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales.^[1] He was the third generation of the Street family to serve in these viceregal offices and the youngest since 1844.^[2] Street fought in World War II and became a commander in the Royal Australian Navy Reserve and an honorary colonel in the Australian Army Reserve.^[3]

Following his retirement from the bench, Street became the chairman of Fairfax Media and a director of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the oldest bank in the world.^[4] He chaired the integration of protocols between the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, and he chaired naval warship acquisitions. He pioneered alternative dispute resolution, worked prolifically in mediation, and he ascertained the return to Australia of the remains of 17 Indigenous Australians from the National History Museum in London, the first such mediation.^[5]