Patricia Robinson

Patricia Rawlins Robinson (March 31, 1931 – September 10, 2009) was a Trinidadian economist and public servant who served as the First Lady of Trinidad and Tobago from 1997 until 2003. She was married to former President and Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson.

Biography

Early life Robinson was born Patricia Rawlins in a building on the corner of Oxford and Observatory Streets in eastern Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, on March 31, 1931. Her husband, A. N. R. Robinson, had served as the chairman of the Tobago House of Assembly at the time of the governmental body's inception in 1980. No one knows how Robinson was able to get the note to her husband during the Red House siege.

Death Patricia Robinson died in her sleep at her home in Ellerslie Park, Trinidad and Tobago, on September 10, 2009, at the age of 78. Her family doctor pronounced her dead shortly after 6 am local time, in the presence of her daughter, Anne Margaret, and granddaughter. Robinson had been suffering from a number of ailments, including Alzheimer's disease and diabetes, during her later years and had not been seen in public in several years.

She was survived by her husband, former President A. N. R. Robinson (Late A.N.R Robinson died 9 April 2014), their two children, Anne Margaret (Bsc Mathematics) a teacher (Vice Principal), and David Robinson, an aeronautical engineer, and granddaughter, Anushka. Her funeral was held at the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Scarborough, Tobago. Robinson chose to be buried in Scarborough Methodist Cemetery in Tobago, the birthplace of her husband.