Calcutta, Jan 18 :     Terence Hamilton Ireland is set to take over as principal of St. James School. Informed sources said Ireland, principal of St Paul's, Scott's Lane, will succeed Darryl Bloud. However, Ireland told The Telegraph: 'I know nothing about this yet.' Born in 1952 in Kanpur, Ireland passed out of La Martiniere, Lucknow. He graduated from St Xavier's College, Calcutta, with honours in English in 1975. Ireland joined Julien Day School, Ganganagar, in 1977, and rose to be principal. After a long stint with the school, he joined St Paul's last year. Once a keen hockey player, Ireland is married to Gauri (Sengupta), and has a son, Rohan. A self-made man, he is known in academic circles as a sincere, soft-spoken man, committed to the cause of education.