The Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is the title of the official resident cat of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at 10 Downing Street. There has been a resident cat in the English government employed as a mouser and pet since the 1500s. The post has been held by Larry since 2011, the first to be given the title officially.
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The Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is the title of the official resident cat of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at 10 Downing Street. There has been a resident cat in the English government employed as a mouser and pet since the 1500s, although modern records date only to the 1920s. The post has been held by Larry since 2011, the first to be given the title officially. The cat with the longest known tenure at Downing Street is Wilberforce, who served under four different Prime Ministers: Edward Heath, Harold Wilson, Jim Callaghan, and Margaret Thatcher.
Other cats have been given this title affectionately, usually by the British press. In November 2014, George Osborne’s cat Freya was removed from Downing Street leaving Larry as the Chief Mousing. The previous incumbent, Sybil, was in January 2009. Sybil began her tenure on 11 September 2007, following the retirement of her predecessor Humphrey in 1997. In January 2011, rats were seen in Downing Street, \”scurrying across the steps of Number 10 Downing St for the second time during a TV news report,\” according to ITN.
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