Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (), sometimes spelled de l'Isle or de Lile (10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836), was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars. He is known for writing the words and music of the "Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin" in 1792, which would later be known as "La Marseillaise" and become the French national anthem. Rouget de Lisle was born at Lons-le-Saunier, reputedly on a market day. His parents lived in the neighbouring village of Montaigu. A plaque was placed at the precise spot of his
De Lisle College built on, before it was given to the County by local landowner Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps De Lisle, from whom the school also takes its name. The School Latin motto, "Quod justum, non quod utile" is often translated as "do what is right, not what is easy" but literally translates to "what is fair, not what is useful." The School has seven houses, all of which are named after individuals who have had a profound religious effect. The houses are Nelson Mandela (black), Oscar Romero (red), Anne Frank (orange), Basil Hume (pink), St. Bernadette (yellow), Mother Teresa (blue), and Martin