Full Name: PHILIP DE LA HAYE

Birthplace: Jersey, Channel Islands

Previous Schools: De La Salle College, Jersey

Car/s: Vauxhall Victor 2300 Estate

Country you would most like to visit: Nepal or New Zealand

Favourite Food, Drink: Lobster Thermidor, Tournedos Steak, Nuits St. George

Miscellaneous Likes: The sea, watching rugby, travel

Dislikes: Smoking, unpunctuality, fanatacism, punks, skin-heads

Favourite singer: Frank Sinatra

Favourite piece of music: Chorus of the Hebrew slaves from "Nabucco" by Verdi

Favourite authors: Francoise Sagan, John Fowles, Charles Dickens

Favourite books: Autobiographies, especially of a nautical nature

Favourite football team: Tottenham Hotspurs

Favourite T.V. programme: Yes Minister

Favourite Sunday newspaper: The Observer

Who would you vote for in the next election: Conservative

Most embarrassing moment: Explaining to my wife how I lost a pair of trousers in a french port. They blew away in a gale!

Opinion of school meals: Excellent by school standards

Most boring aspect of school routine: Writing headmaster's comments on 460 reports.

People in the world you would most like to meet: Brezhnev, Sister Teresa

Favourite film: Lawrence of Arabia

Favourite actress: Gina Lollabrigida

Favour actor: Alec Guinness

Hobbies/pastimes: Water sports, classical music, hockey, soccer and squash
If you weren't an army officer/ teacher what would you be: Who knows?