Frederick Coutts, CBE (21 September 1899 – 6 February 1986) was the 8th General of The Salvation Army (1963-1969). The son of corps officers, he was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. In 1920, he became an Officer of The Salvation Army from the corps in Batley, England. He served in divisional work in the British Territory from 1921 to 1925, when he became a Corps Officer of the British Territory. He would serve as Corps Officer of the British Territory for 10 years. It was during his time as Corps Officer of the British Territory that he married his first wife, Lieutenant Bessie Lee, B.Sc., in 1925.