The diplomatic foreign relations of the United Kingdom are conducted by the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office,headed by the Foreign Secretary. The prime minister and numerous other agencies play a role in setting policy,and many institutions and businesses have a voice and a role.
The Foreign,Commonwealth &Development Office (FCDO) is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom. Equivalent to other countries' ministries of foreign affairs,it was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the Foreign &Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID). The FCO,itself created in 1968 by the merger of the Foreign Office (FO) and the Commonwealth Office,was responsible for protecting and promoting British interests worldwide.
Humphrey was a cat employed as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street,the official residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,from October 1989 to 13 November 1997.
Battersea Dogs &Cats Home is an animal rescue centre for dogs and cats. Battersea rescues dogs and cats until an 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.
Wilberforce was a cat who lived at 10 Downing Street between 1973 and 18 May 1986 and served under four British Prime Ministers:Edward Heath,Harold Wilson,Jim Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher. His chief function was to catch mice,in which role he was the successor to Peta. In life he had been referred to as "the best mouser in Britain",as befitted his role.
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.
Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is the title of the official resident cat at 10 Downing Street,the residence and executive 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.
Manninagh KateDhu,commonly known as Peta,was the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom government between 1964 and c. 1976,and was the first female cat in that role. She became the replacement of Peter III,who had died at the age of 16 in 1964.
Tama was a female calico cat who gained fame for being a 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 served as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street since 2011. Larry is cared for by Downing Street staff and is not the personal property of the prime minister.
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 tabby cat owned by the former Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom 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 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 black cat who was employed as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office in 1946 and 1947,during the government of Clement Attlee. Peter II assumed the role on an unofficial basis from his predecessor,Nelson. The young kitten served a truncated term as mouser;some six months after his appointment,he was struck by a car driven by R. B. Bisgood in Whitehall at 3:15 AM,and died shortly after.
Munich Mouser was a cat who served as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office.
Nelson was a cat who served as Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office during the wartime coalition government under Winston Churchill.
