Dr. the Hon. Eric Eustace Williams TC, CH (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981) served as the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He served as prime minister from 1962 until his death in 1981. He was also a noted Caribbean historian, and is widely regarded as *The Father of the Nation*. **Source**: [Eric Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Williams) on Wikipedia.