What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

British author who wrote a few books about all the cats he has had as pets from his bachelor days, as a family man and in retirement. Delightful narrative with lots of humor but sad moments as his pets pass on in old age.

Maybe The Cat Who Came for Christmas by Cleveland Amory? (But I think he's American, not British.)

What years or decades were these books published?

On the bright side, if you like the genre you should be able to find lots of cat-oriented biographies to explore. On the less bright side, that can make it harder to find the exact one one sought. With that caveat, maybe A chaos of Cats by William Lee ?

I was casually mentioning to someone I had posted on Goodreads about the books/author and she immediately came up with the author.
Its Derek Tangye. Thanks to everyone who responded and for suggesting other books in the genre!

Somewhere a Cat Is Waiting for the link.