The Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
Humphrey was a cat employed as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street from October 1989 to 13 November 1997. Arriving as a one-year-old stray,he served under the premierships of Margaret Thatcher,John Major and Tony Blair,retiring six months after the Blairs moved into Downing Street. He was the successor to Wilberforce. Humphrey was frequently referred to in jest by the press as an actual employee at Number 10.
Battersea Dogs &Cats Home is an animal rescue centre for dogs and cats. Battersea rescues dogs and cats until their owner or a new one can be found. It is one of the UK's oldest and best known animal rescue centres. It was established in Holloway,London,in 1860 and moved to Battersea in 1871.
Rufus of England,popularly nicknamed Treasury Bill,was a cat who served as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom under prime minister Ramsay MacDonald.
Wilberforce was a cat living at 10 Downing Street who was employed as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office from 1973 to 1987. He served during the premierships of four prime ministers:Edward Heath,Harold Wilson,James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher. In obituaries published shortly after his death he was described as the "best mouser in Britain".
Sir Dominic Anthony Gerard Asquith is a British career diplomat and former Ambassador to Iraq,Egypt,and Libya. He was First Secretary at the British Embassy in Washington DC. He was most recently the British High Commissioner to the Republic of India.
Sybil was a cat living at 10 and 11 Downing Street who was employed as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office as the pet of the chancellor of the Exchequer,Alistair Darling,and his wife,Margaret. When introduced in September 2007 Sybil was the first cat employed at Downing Street as chief mouser since Humphrey,who retired in November 1997. Six months after moving Sybil,who did not adjust well to life in central London,was moved to the home of one of the Darlings' friends;on 27 July 2009 she died there after a short illness.
Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is the title of the official resident cat at 10 Downing Street,the residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in London. There has been a resident cat in the British government employed as a mouser and pet since the 16th century,although modern records date only to the 1920s. Despite other cats having served Downing Street,the first one to be given the official title of chief mouser by the British government was Larry in 2011. Other cats have been given this title affectionately,usually by the British press. In 2004 a study found that voters' perceptions of the chief mouser were not completely above partisanship.
Peta was the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office,beginning her term in 1964 and retiring around 1976. She was the replacement of Peter III,who had died at the age of 16 in 1964. Peta served during the premierships of three prime ministers:Alec Douglas-Home,Harold Wilson and Edward Heath. She died in 1980 after having retired to the home of a civil servant.
Tama was a female calico cat who gained fame for being a railway station master and operating officer at Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line in Kinokawa,Wakayama Prefecture,Japan.
Larry is a British domestic tabby cat who has been Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street since 2011. He is cared for by Downing Street staff,and is not the personal property of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. Larry has lived at 10 Downing Street during the premierships of six prime ministers:David Cameron,Theresa May,Boris Johnson,Liz Truss,Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.
Susan was a Pembroke Corgi dog owned by Queen Elizabeth II that was given to her on her eighteenth birthday. Following the dog's death in 1959,the Queen personally designed a headstone for her grave at Sandringham House. Susan was the first of a long line of Corgis and Dorgis owned by the Queen,all of them descended from Susan. The dogs often accompanied the Queen in her public appearances,and thus came to feature prominently in her public image.
Freya was a cat who was employed as the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office from 2012 to 2014 as the pet of the chancellor of the Exchequer,George Osborne,and his family.
Gladstone is a British cat who is the resident chief mouser to HM Treasury in Whitehall,London. He is a black domestic short-haired cat,who,at eighteen months old,assumed the position of chief mouser in late June 2016. Gladstone's political namesake is former Chancellor and Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone,who served for four separate periods,more than any other Chancellor. Gladstone is responsible for catching mice at the Treasury's 1 Horse Guards Road building.
Peter was a cat who served as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom between 1929 and 1946. Whilst Peter was the second cat to serve in this role,he is often considered the first,as his predecessor,Treasury Bill,served for less than a year,and was not officially given the title.
Peter II was a cat who was employed as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office from 1946 to 1947,during the premiership of Clement Attlee. He was a two-month-old kitten when appointed to the role. Peter served just six months;in the early hours of 21 June 1947 he was struck by a car near the Cenotaph in Whitehall,and died shortly afterwards. He was succeeded by Peter III.
Bob,nicknamed the Munich Mouser,also known simply as Munich,was a cat who served as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office from 1937 to 1943. He served under the prime minister,Neville Chamberlain,from 1937 to 1940,and his successor Winston Churchill until 1943. He therefore served in the role at the same time as Peter and Nelson,the latter who became chief mouser in summer 1940 and had a rivalry with Munich.
Nelson was a cat who served as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office during the wartime coalition government as a pet of Winston Churchill. In the summer of 1940,after Churchill became the prime minister,Nelson moved from Admiralty House to 10 Downing Street,where he had a rivalry with his predecessor:Neville Chamberlain's cat,the Munich Mouser.
