The Street family is an Australian dynasty, founded by the banker and politician John Street and his wife Susanna, the daughter of Australian explorer Commandant William Lawson. Their son Sir Philip Whistler Street, grandson Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Kenneth Whistler Street, and great-grandson Colonel Sir Laurence Whistler Street served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales. Sir Kenneth's wife Lady "Red Jessie" Street was Australia's first female delegate to the United Nations and his cousin Brigadier Geoffrey Street was Minister of Defence in World War II, as well as the father of Anthony "Tony" Street, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs. Sir Laurence's son Commander Alexander "Sandy" Street, daughter Lieutenant-Commander Sylvia Emmett (née Street) and son-in-law Professor Arthur Emmett serve as federal judges. 1st generation John Rendell Street, (1832–1891) was an Australian banker and politician, born to Maria Wood and John Street, , descendent of Baron Sir Thomas Street, an English Chief Justice who sat on the last King's Bench before the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Both parents were English émigrés to Australia via the 1822 passenger ship Thalia. In 1886, John founded the Perpetual Trustee Company with fellow trustees Edmund Barton and James Fairfax. He succeeded Edmund Barton, Australia's 1st Prime Minister, in his New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of East Sydney. John married Susanna Lawson, the daughter of William Lawson, , an Australian explorer who along with William Wentworth and Gregory Blaxland pioneered the first settler crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813. John and Susanna had seven children, including Philip and Ernest, who married Emma Browne, the daughter of Australian author Thomas Browne. John was a director of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Company (now Commonwealth Bank). His sister Sarah married Thomas Smith, , managing director of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney (now National Australia Bank). 2nd generation Sir Philip Whistler Street, (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