Learie Constantine, Baron Constantine of Maraval and Nelson, unique title in full Learie Nicholas Constantine, (born September 21, 1901, Diego Martin, Trinidad—died July 1, 1971, London, England), Trinidadian skilled cricketer and authorities official.
Constantine’s play at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, in June 1928 first made British audiences conscious of the prime quality of West Indian cricket. In the identical 12 months, Constantine turned the primary West Indian participant in England to attain the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in a single season. He was a strong hitter and one of many biggest fielders of all time.
A solicitor’s clerk as a younger man, Constantine was referred to as to the Trinidadian bar in 1955 and the following 12 months was appointed minister of works and transport in Trinidad within the new People’s National Movement authorities. From 1962 (when Trinidad and Tobago turned an impartial nation inside the Commonwealth) till 1964, he served in London as his nation’s excessive commissioner. In 1966 he turned a member of the British nationwide Race Relations Board, and from 1968 he was rector of the University of St. Andrews (Fife) and a governor (director) of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Constantine wrote a number of books on cricket and one ebook, Colour Bar (1954), on the race drawback. Knighted in 1962, he was created a life peer in 1969.