Birthdays

Birthdays

Sir Anthony Barrowclough QC, former Ombudsman, 75; Mr Jeff Beck, blues and rock guitarist, 55; Viscount Bledisloe QC, 65; Lord Braine of Wheatley, former MP, 85; Sr Armando Caldern Sol, president of El Salvador, 51; M Claude Chabrol, film director, 69; Mr Robin Cutler, former Director- General, Forestry Commission, 65; Lord Davies of Coity, trade union leader, 64; Mrs Anita Desai, novelist, 62; Mr Roger Dobson, Director-General, the Institution of Civil Engineers, 63; Mr Jack Dunnett, former President, Football League, 77; Professor Kenneth Durrands, former Vice-Chancellor and Rector, Huddersfield University, 70; Mr Mick Fleetwood, rock drummer, 57; Sir Ian Gainsford, Dean, King's College Medical and Dental School, 69; Professor Sir Fred Hoyle, astronomer and science fiction writer, 84; Miss Betty Jackson, fashion designer, 50; Sir Edward Jackson, former diplomat, 74; Mr John McCormick, Controller, BBC Scotland, 55; Mrs Emma McKendrick, Headmistress, Downe House, 36; Mr Owen Paterson MP, 43; Professor John Postgate, microbiologist, 77; Miss Mary Wesley, writer, 86; Sir John Whitford, former High Court judge, 86.