Humphrey

Humphrey (an adopted stray) arrived at 10 Downing Street in 1989 as the British prime Minister's official mouser during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher. He outlasted Mrs. Thatcher and remained during John Major's occupancy. When he was accused of killing and eating four baby robins in the garden of No. 10, he was defended by his new owner, who announced on TV that "it is quite certain that Humphrey is not a serial killer." 

In 1995 he disappeared! It was assumed that he may have died, probably from kidney failure due to his habit of consuming large quantities of civil service biscuits. When his probable death was published in The Times the staff of the Royal Army Medical College, situated just over one mile away, realized that the cat they had adopted and christened PC was indeed, Humphrey. He was quickly returned (with international coverage) to his official role as the First Mouser of the British Isles. 

Humphrey's life nearly ended one day, when he was almost run over by U.S. President, Bill Clinton's armoured Cadillac. Sadly, Humphrey died peacefully in his sleep aged 18 in March 2006, at the home of a Cabinet office official who took him in when he “retired” in 1997 after the Blair's moved in.

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