High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office is the unofficial title of the official resident cat of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at 10 Downing Street. Only one cat, Humphrey, was given the title officially; the other cats are given this title affectionately, usually by the British press. There has been a resident Treasury or Downing Street cat "employed" as a mouser and pet since the reign of Henry VIII when Cardinal Wolsey placed his cat by his side while acting in his judicial capacity as Lord Chancellor. Official records released into the public domain on 4 January 2005 as part of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 only date back to 3 June 1929, when AE Banham at the Treasury authorised the Office Keeper "to spend 1d a day from petty cash towards the maintenance of an efficient cat". In April 1932 the weekly allowance was increased to 1s 6d. By the 21st century, the mouser was costing ?100 per annum. Данное издание представляет...

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