Walter Fleming Coutts
Sir Walter Fleming Coutts GCMG , MBE (born November 30, 1912 in Aberdeen , † November 4, 1988 in Perth ) was a British colonial official and first and last Governor General of Uganda .
He was born in Scotland and studied at the University of St Andrews and at St John's College of the University of Cambridge . In 1936 he joined the British Colonial Service and became a District Officer in Kenya . In 1947 he rose there to District Commissioner .
From 1948 to 1955 he was administrator of the British Crown Colony of St. Vincent and the Grenadines . From 1956 he was a government official in Kenya and from October 14 to October 23, 1959, he was acting governor of Kenya.
On February 7, 1961, he was promoted to Knight Bachelor . On August 11, 1961 he was Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George and on December 3, 1962 Knight Grand Cross of the same order.
On November 18, 1961, he became governor of Uganda. When Uganda gained independence on October 9, 1962, Coutts became governor general, representing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. When Uganda became a republic a year later on October 9, 1963, Coutts handed over the office of head of state to the previously elected President Edward Mutesa , and emigrated to Australia . 1972 to 1974 he was chairman of the Pergamon Press .
literature
- Harris M. Lentz (Ed.): Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge, London 2014, ISBN 1134264909 , p. 774.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Knights and Dames: COM-DON at Leigh Rayment's Peerage
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| SURNAME | Coutts, Walter Fleming |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British colonial official and first and last Governor General of Uganda |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aberdeen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th November 1988 |
| Place of death | Perth |