I once took some Montgomery Cheddar, Devon Oke, Cornish Yarg, Shropshire Blue, Sparkenhoe Leicester and a wonderfully ripe organic Dorset Blue Vinney - most of these unpasteurised - to France and shared them with some English and French friends along with various wines (none of which were English, unsurprisingly); there was not so much as a murmur of complaint from the French...
Sacreligious though it may seem (and almost certainy also is), my appreciation of French cheeses is quite horrifyingly limited; as a Scotsman, I'm obviously no English patriot, but I am not backward in admitting with no small degree of pleasure that some of the cheeses that most appeal to me originate in that very country we know as England...
Best,
Alistair