My brick wall surname is STREET. I would like to find details of marriages for William STREET and his son Thomas as well as birth dates and places of their respective children. William STREET (birth date/place not known) married Elizabeth (surname, marriage date/place not known). Known children: (1) Jane STREET (b c 1722 - where?; died 1802 Knightsbridge)(Jane married a surgeon, John SMITH, in 1751 at Lincoln's Inn Chapel - there were no children and John died 1757). She is buried at Chiswick (2) Thomas STREET (b c 1727 - where?; died 1796 London)(see separate note). Thomas is buried at Chiswick William died in January 1770 and his will states he is "of the parish of St George Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex, Keeper of His Majesty's Gate at Hyde Park Corner". He names his wife as executrix and names only two children (Jane and Thomas). He had property in Knightsbridge. The "London Evening Post" of 3 February 1770 mentions in passing "Mr DUGGAN of Chapel Street May Fair, to be keeper of Hyde Park Corner Lodge and Gate in the room of the late Mr STREET". I also found online a copy of "Officers of the Royal Household" which mentions "the keeper of the Hyde Park Gate was appointed by the Lord Steward and was established at £27 per annum. This fell to £21 by 1817. the office was eliminated in 1830". I have found a marriage for a William STREET, parish of Chiswick to Elizabeth KNIGHT of parish of Mortlack (sic), Surrey, at St Mary Ealing in 1719 by licence, but can't prove this is "my" William - however, there does seem to be some association with Chiswick as William's son, Thomas STREET, and some of his immediate family requested burial at Chiswick. Another possibility is William STREET who married Elizabeth MASON at Wonersh in 1726. There is another William STREET with wife Elizabeth who had several children baptised at St Nicholas, Chiswick, in the 1720-1730 period but from the will of this William (a butcher of Turnham Green) it appears this is a different family. My questions: (1) is the King's Gate at Hyde Park Corner the old Toll Gate or one of the gates leading into the park? (2) can anyone help with more information about the position of Keeper of the Gate? (3) would there be any information in Royal Archives (or equivalent) about the position of Keeper of the Gate, any biographical information about holders of this position? I couldn't find anything about Lord Steward's papers in TNA catalogue (would they be held at TNA?) Alison :-) Sydney Australia ==============================