Honorific Prefix: | Sir |
Walter Coutts | |
Office1: | Governor-General of Uganda |
Term Start1: | 9 October 1962 |
Term End1: | 9 October 1963 |
Monarch1: | Elizabeth II |
Predecessor1: | himself |
Successor1: | position abolished |
Office2: | Governor of Uganda |
Term Start2: | 1961 |
Term End2: | 1962 |
Monarch2: | Elizabeth II |
Predecessor2: | Sir Frederick Crawford |
Successor2: | himself |
Office3: | Administrator of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Term Start3: | 1948 |
Term End3: | 1955 |
Monarch3: | Elizabeth II |
Governor3: | Sir Robert Arundell Sir Edward Beetham |
Predecessor3: | Ronald Herbert Garvey |
Successor3: | Alexander Falconer Giles |
Birth Date: | 30 November 1912 |
Profession: | colonial administrator |
Alma Mater: | St John's College, Cambridge |
Sir Walter Fleming Coutts (30 November 1912 - 4 November 1988)[1] was a British colonial administrator and was Uganda's final Governor before independence, from 1961 - 1962. He was Governor-General of Uganda 1962 - 1963.[2] He was chosen for this job because he had a reputation within the colonial office for supporting African nationalism and African independence movements.[3]
He was educated at Glasgow Academy, the University of St Andrews and St John's College, Cambridge.[4]