Back Vrchní myšilov úřadu vlády Czech Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office German Ratonero Jefe de la Oficina del Gabinete Spanish Kabinetin kanslian päähiirestäjä Finnish Souricier en chef du Cabinet French רודף העכברים הראשי של הקבינט HE Glavni mišolovac Kabinetskog ureda Croatian Miniszterelnökségi főegerész Hungarian Kepala Pemburu Tikus Kantor Kabinet ID Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office Italian
| Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office | |
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| Government of the United Kingdom Prime Minister's Office Cabinet Office | |
| Residence | 10 Downing Street |
| Appointer | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Term length | No set length; ends on retirement or death |
| Inaugural holder | Cardinal Wolsey's cat |
| Formation | c. 1515 Title first used around 1997[1] |
| Website | Official website |
Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office[a] 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. In 2004 a study found that voters' perceptions of the chief mouser were not completely above partisanship.
- ^ "Purr-fect ending fur Humphrey!". BBC News. 25 November 1997. Archived from the original on 1 September 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ "Home Office cat history revealed". BBC News. 4 January 2005. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "100 p.c. income rise for Home Office cat—and it's official". Liverpool Daily Post. 6 May 1964. p. 6. Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "No mice attend: British bury 'Home Office' cat". The Decatur Daily Review. Associated Press. 14 March 1964. p. 8. Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
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