John Street | |
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| Member of Legislative Assembly of New South Wales for East Sydney | |
| In office 5 February 1887 – 23 March 1891 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Rendell Street 19 October 1832 Bathurst, New South Wales |
| Died | 23 March 1891 (aged 58) Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales |
| Political party | Free Trade |
| Spouse | Susanna Lawson |
| Children | Sir Philip Street |
| Relatives | Street family Smith family |
John Rendell Street, MLC (19 October 1832 – 23 March 1891) was an Australian businessman, banker and politician. Street founded the Perpetual Trustee Company in 1886 as managing director with fellow trustees Edmund Barton and James Fairfax. He was a partner in the law firm Allen, Street & Norton, director of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Company, and vice president of Sydney Hospital. By his wife Susanna, the daughter of Australian explorer William Lawson, he is the patriarch of Australia's Street dynasty. He served in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of East Sydney from 1887 until his death.[1]
- ^ Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: Street family - further papers, 1861 - 1972