Nelson (cat)
Nelson | |
|---|---|
Cartoon of Nelson from Edwin Cox's Private Lives comic, 1941 | |
| Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office | |
| In role c. July 1940 – ? Serving with the Munich Mouser (1940–1943) | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Munich Mouser |
| Succeeded by | Peter II |
| Personal details | |
| Residences | |
| Occupation | Mouser |
Nelson (fl. May 1940 – May 1944) was a cat who served as the chief mouser to the Cabinet Office during the wartime coalition government as a pet of Winston Churchill. In the summer of 1940, after Churchill became the prime minister, Nelson moved from Admiralty House to 10 Downing Street, where he had a rivalry with his predecessor: Neville Chamberlain's cat, the Munich Mouser.