 sir ellis emmanuel innocent clarke, tc, gcmg (28 december 191730 december 2010) was the second and last governor-general of trinidad and tobago and the first president of trinidad and tobago. he was one of the main architects of trinidad and tobago's 1962 independence constitution. ==biography== clarke attended saint mary's college, winning an island scholarship in mathematics in 1938. ellis clarke attended university college london of the university of london, where he received a bachelor of law degree and was called to the bar at gray's inn. he returned to port of spain in 1941, taking up private practice there. he served as solicitor-general from 1954 to 1956, deputy colonial secretary 1956â57, and attorney general 1957â62. after independence in 1962 he served as ambassador to the united states, canada and mexico, and permanent representative to the united nations. in 1972 he succeeded sir solomon hochoy as governor general. when trinidad and tobago became a republic in 1976, clarke was unanimously elected the country's first president by the presidential electoral college, which comprised the elected members of both hou
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