Solomon Hochoy

Sir Solomon Hochoy TC GCMG GCVO OBE (20 April 1905 – 15 November 1983) was the last colonial governor of Trinidad and Tobago and the first governor-general upon the country's independence in 1962.

He was the first non-European governor of a British crown colony and the first ethnically Han Chinese and nationally Caribbean person to become Governor-General in the Commonwealth.

Of Hakka Han Chinese descent, Hochoy's family emigrated to Trinidad from Jamaica when he was two years old.

When Trinidad and Tobago became independent in 1962 Hochoy was appointed Governor General.

After retirement he returned to Blanchisseuse where he spent the remainder of his life.