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Larry (born c. January 2007) is a British domestic tabby cat who has served as 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.
Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office [a] 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.
Humphrey (c. 1988 – March 2006) 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. [1]
In early September, the cute kitten joined the famous Larry the Cat, who has been Chief Mouser to 10 Downing Street’s Cabinet Office since 2011. On Sept. 22, a photo of Starmer with his new ...
The beloved Downing Street cat, Larry, is getting on in years. Thus, officials are drawing up a media plan to announce his death when it is time to say goodbye to the feline. The Chief Mouser to ...
The Starmer family adopted Prince, a Siberian kitten, shortly after moving into Downing Street New Downing Street cat Prince being kept apart from No 10’s chief mouser Larry, Keir Starmer ...
The office is located in 10 Downing Street and the terms Downing Street and Number 10 are often used as metonyms for the office itself. Technically the Prime Minister's Office is part of the Cabinet Office, [3] although in practice the two are said to be 'organisationally distinct'. [4]
Wilberforce (c. 1973 – 19 May 1988) 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, [note 1] James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher.