Eminent Relatives
Three generations of the Street family have served their state as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Street's father-in-law, Sir Philip Whistler Street, her husband Sir Kenneth Whistler Street and her son Sir Laurence Whistler Street all attained that position.. Her cousin Edward Grey was a British politician and ornithologist. Her high society connections were sometimes seen as being in tension with her social activism. Her daughter Philippa married the Australian Test cricketer and journalist Jack Fingleton.
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