LORD TYRIE, 66: HAMMERS FAN

LIVES: In the West Sussex cathedral city of Chichester.

EDUCATION: Trinity College, Oxford. HOBBIES: Classical music, cricket (MCC member) running and football – watched West Ham when World Cup winners Geoff Hurst, Bobby Moore, left, and Martin Peters played for the Hammers.

HEROES: Margaret Thatcher and her first two Chancellors, Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson. ‘They transformed this country for the better. Working for them was an exhilarating experience,’ he says.

STARTS THE DAY: ‘I like lots of tea and porridge.’