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Sir
Walter Coutts
GCMG MBE
Governor-General of Uganda
In office 9 October 1962 – 9 October 1963
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Preceded by
himself as Governor of Uganda
Succeeded by
position abolished
Governor of Uganda
In office 1961–1962
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Preceded by
Sir Frederick Crawford
Succeeded by
himself as Governor-General of Uganda
Administrator of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
In office 1948–1955
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor
Sir Robert Arundell Sir Edward Beetham
Preceded by
Ronald Herbert Garvey
Succeeded by
Alexander Falconer Giles
Personal details
Born
(1912-11-30)30 November 1912
Died
4 November 1988(1988-11-04) (aged 75)
Alma mater
St John's College, Cambridge
Profession
colonial administrator
Sir Walter Fleming CouttsGCMG MBE (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]
Government offices
Preceded by
Ronald Herbert Garvey
Administrator of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1948 – 1955
Succeeded by
Alexander Falconer Giles
Preceded by
Sir Frederick Crawford
Governor of Uganda 1961–1962
Post abolished
Preceded by
Position created
Governor-General of Uganda 1962–1963
Succeeded by
Position abolished
^Profile of Walter Fleming Coutts
^"Uganda, Republic of", in Heads of States and Governments Since 1945, Harris M. Lentz, ed. London: Routledge, 2014.
^"Uganda, Republic of", in Heads of States and Governments Since 1945, Harris M. Lentz, ed. London: Routledge, 2014.
^‘COUTTS, Sir Walter (Fleming)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016
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