John Methuen Coote

John Methuen Coote (13 March 1878 – 4 October 1967) was a British colonial administrator who served in the East Africa Protectorate.

His parents were Sir Algernon Charles Plumptre Coote, 12th Baronet, and Jean Trotter.

There he was told to go to Mbarara and there take charge of a mixed force of Sikhs, King's African Rifles and Police as Political Officer.

Coote decided to repossess Kurezi but was stopped in a marshy region and ran low of food.

[1] On 18 November 1918 he was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire for distinguished service in connection with military operations in East Africa.