SOLVED. life with cats [s]

[Vanessa]

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.

[BookWoman]

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

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

What years or decades were these books published?

[N]

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 ?

[Vanessa]

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!

[Rainbowheart]

Somewhere a Cat Is Waiting for the link.