Walter Coutts

Sir Walter Fleming Coutts KCMG, MBE (* 1912, † 1988) was a British colonial administrator and the first and last Governor-General of Uganda.

From 1948 to 1955 he was manager of the first British colony of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. From 14 October to 23 October 1959, he was Acting Governor of Kenya.

On November 18, 1961, he was first governor of Uganda. As Uganda on October 9, 1962 gained independence, Coutts was governor-general and thus represented Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. As Uganda a year later in 1963 the Republic was founded on October 9, Coutts handed the office of Head of State to the President Milton Obote previously selected.

  • British colonial Governor and Administrator
  • Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
  • Member of the Order of the British Empire
  • Born in 1912
  • Died in 1988
  • Man
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