Palmerston is a cat who was the resident Chief Mouser of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) at Whitehall in London. He is a black-and-white bicolour cat and began his role in the position of Chief Mouser on 13 April 2016.

2025年2月6日 · LONDON (AP) — Britain’s top feline diplomat has come out of retirement for a new, ‘purr-fect’ job. Palmerston, former chief mouser at the Foreign Office, is now the U.K.'s chief four-legged representative in Bermuda.. The news, posted Wednesday on Palmerston’s official DiploMog account on social network X, comes more than four years after it was announced …

2025年2月6日 · A black-and-white cat, Palmerston is named after Lord Palmerston, a two-time prime minister in the 1850s and ’60s. Lord Palmerston was known for promoting British nationalism and intervention.

2025年2月5日 · Palmerston, the former resident cat at the Foreign Office, has been brought out of retirement for a new overseas diplomatic posting nearly 3,500 miles away in Bermuda.

2025年2月6日 · Palmerston, the rescue cat of the U.K.'s Foreign Office, stalks past 10 Downing St. in front of the waiting media in central London on June 9, 2017. Retirement isn't for everyone — just...

2025年2月6日 · LONDON -- Britain’s top feline diplomat has come out of retirement for a new, ‘purr-fect’ job. Palmerston, former chief mouser at the Foreign Office, is now the U.K.'s chief four-legged representative in Bermuda.

2025年2月6日 · Palmerston isn't the only British cat in a public-facing government role. Larry the Cat is the Chief Mouser at No. 10 Downing St., the residence and home office of Britain's prime minister.

2025年2月3日 · Bermuda’s newest political figure is Palmerston, a black-and-white rescue cat, who enjoys a following on the social-media platform X that would put many celebrities to shame.

2020年8月7日 · Palmerston, the Foreign Office's resident cat, has retired from mousing duties to "spend more time relaxing away from the limelight". In a "letter", he says he has moved away from...

Palmerston is a cat who served as the resident Chief Mouser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom. He began his role on April 13, 2016 after being adopted from the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.