<P> Sir Solomon Hochoy GCMG GCVO OBE ( 20 April 1905 -- 15 November 1983 ) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician . He was the last British governor of Trinidad and Tobago and the first governor - general upon the country 's independence in 1962 . He was the first non-white governor of a British crown colony and the first ethnically Chinese and nationally Caribbean person to become governor - general in the Commonwealth . </P>
<P> Sir Solomon Hochoy GCMG GCVO OBE ( 20 April 1905 -- 15 November 1983 ) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician . He was the last British governor of Trinidad and Tobago and the first governor - general upon the country 's independence in 1962 . He was the first non-white governor of a British crown colony and the first ethnically Chinese and nationally Caribbean person to become governor - general in the Commonwealth . </P>
who is the first governor general of trinidad and tobago
who is the first governor general of trinidad and tobago
Sir Solomon Hochoy
Sir Solomon Hochoy