Lady Clarke leaves $53,000 estate

THE deceased wife of the first President of Trinidad and Tobago, Lady Clarke, has left an estate valued just over $53,000. Her husband Sir Ellis Innocent Clarke  filed an application in the Registry of the Port-of-Spain High Court, on May 15, 2003  for the estate. According to documents filed by Sir Ellis and attorney Ruth Van Lare, Lady Clarke, a housewife, had no insurance policies or real property, but only some  cash in the bank. She left $6,000 in Unit Trust  shares; First Citizen Bank, $2,460 and Republic Bank, $45,000. Her total estate was valued at $53,460. Lady Clarke died on April 23, 2002, at her Pine Grove Villa home, Fairways, Maraval. She was the mother of two children — Peter Ellis and Margaret Ann. The couple was married on June 28, 1952 at the St George’s Catholic Church, Grenada. Sir Ellis, who was 34 at the time and a lawyer, lived at Diego Martin and had travelled to Grenada to marry his bride of 31, who was then  a clerk. In 1976 when this country became a Republic, Sir Ellis was made the first President and held that position until 1987.