I recall a Sqn Ldr who was Noel Coward's (sur)namesake and who similarly came across as terribly, terribly English coming to me gleefully waving a cutting from the Torygraph. There had been a flurry of letters regarding what constitutes a gentleman. Someone had written in with:
A gentleman is someone who can play the bagpipes ... but doesn't!
However, he continued to let me have access to a disused bldg sufficiently far from civilization for me to practice in.