What is Laurence Street?
'''Commodore Sir Laurence Whistler Street''', [[Companion of the Order of Australia|AC]], [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]], [[Venerable Order of Saint John|KStJ]], [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] (3 July 1926 – 21 June 2018) was an Australian jurist. He was born in [[Sydney]]. He served as the fourteenth and second youngest [[Chief Justice of New South Wales|Chief Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of New South Wales]] from 1974 to 1988 and [[Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales]] from 1974 to 1989.<ref>[http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/supreme_court/ll_sc.nsf/pages/SCO_stephencj Sir Alfred Stephen, 3rd Chief Justice of NSW, 1844 to 1873] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223182938/http://lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/supreme_court/ll_sc.nsf/pages/SCO_stephencj |date=23 February 2011 }}</ref> Street died on the night of 21 June 2018 in Sydney at the age of 91.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/sir-laurence-street-remembered-as-an-outstanding-legal-figure-20180622-p4zn59.html|title=Sir Laurence Street remembered as an outstanding legal figure|last=Maddox|first=Garry|date=2018-06-22|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2018-06-22}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061019203411/http://www.laurencestreet.com.au/bio.htm Biography from official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Street, Laurence}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Australian judges]] [[Category:Politicians from Sydney]] {{bio-stub}}