Bynoe was a ‘gentleman’ says Canon Knolly Clarke

FORMER MEMBER of the Commission of Inquiry into the Piarco Airport Development Project Peter Bynoe, was yesterday described as a “gentleman” by Anglican priest Canon Knolly Clarke, during the funeral service held for Bynoe at the Trinity Cathedral, Port-of-Spain.

Bynoe, 85, a former Chief Architect with the Ministry of Works and holder of a Humming Bird Gold Medal for his service in the field of architecture, died of cancer last Monday morning at his Maraval home. At the funeral service yesterday officiated by Anglican Bishop Calvin Best, several high profile persons including Governor General of Grenada Ewart Williams, former Chief Justice and Commissioner of the Piarco Airport Inquiry Clinton Bernard, former First Lady Zalayhar Hassanali, former President Sir Ellis Clarke, former Works Minister John Donaldson, attorney Theodore Guerra SC and other members of the Commission of Inquiry turned up to bid their final farewell to Bynoe. He is survived by his wife Dame Hilda Bynoe nee Gibbs, two sons Roland and Michael and two grandsons Olukemi and Nandi-Peta.

In delivering the eulogy, Roland Bynoe described his father as a good man who was always willing to lend a helpful hand. Echoing Roland’s words Canon Clarke described Bynoe as a good person who contributed significantly to the social cultural development of the Caribbean, and especially to Trinidad. He also pointed out that Bynoe had made a great contribution to the church’s “Garden of Peace” when he did a basic design for the structure of the garden, which he then passed on to Home Construction. Canon Clarke said that while minor changes have been made to the design the majority of it is being used right now. He also noted that while a lot of words were used by the media to describe Bynoe, the one word that was missing and that is significant is the word “gentleman”. Following the church service, Bynoe was given a farewell in pan by Tunapuna-based Pan Maestros.