Gladstone (cat)
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Gladstone (born approx. November 2014) is a shorthair domestic cat who resides in the British Treasury Department HM Treasury in Whitehall . In June 2016 she was named "Chief Mouser of HM Treasury" (roughly: "Supreme Mouse Hunter of Her Majesty's Treasury"), a title similar to the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office .
Life
Gladstone was a stray tomcat who was picked up in London in May 2016 and taken to the Battersea Dogs & Cats Home , where he was named "Timmy". The idea of officially appointing a cat as "Chief Mouser", as is already the case at 10 Downing Street and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , came from John Kingman, a former senior secretary of the Department. In June Timmy joined the Ministry and was renamed "Gladstone". It is named after the four-time British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone .
Although he had lived in the building since the end of June, his official appointment was not made until July 29, 2016. The result of the EU membership referendum in the UK in June 2016 delayed the press release. Initially housed in an office, Gladstone is allowed to move freely around the property after an introductory phase. Board and lodging are partly taken over by the employees of the ministry.
See also
Web links
- Official website at hmtreasurycareers.co.uk
- Official page on Instagram
- "Black Cat Day - Missing! Where's the Chief Mouse Hunter?" , Article on SPIEGEL ONLINE by Philine Gebhardt, October 26, 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ Joseph Watts: Cat's out of the bag as Treasury reveals Whitehall arrival Gladstone. Evening Standard , accessed July 29, 2016 .
- ^ Gladstone the cat lands Treasury job. BBC News , July 29, 2016, accessed July 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Emily Ashton: Now The Treasury Has Got A Cat And He's Called Gladstone. BuzzFeed, July 29, 2016, accessed October 11, 2016 .