Birthdays

Sir Bernard Ashley, chairman, Laura Ashley, 68; Sir Richard Barratt, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary, 66; Mr Don Boyd, film director, 46; Sir Geoffrey Cass, chairman, Royal Shakespeare Company, 62; Miss Arlene Dahl, actress, 70; Mr Kenneth Eastham MP, 67; Mr James Eaton, Lord-Lieutenant of Londonderry City, 67; Professor John Fincham, geneticist, 68; Professor Bob Hepple, Master, Clare College, Cambridge, 60; Professor Alun Hoddinott, composer, 65; Lord Houghton of Sowerby, former government minister, 96; Professor Derry Jeffares, former Professor of English Studies, Stirling University; Sir Aaron Klug, molecular biologist, 68; Dame Jean Lancaster, former Director, Women's Royal Naval Service, 85; Mr Raymond Leppard, conductor, 67; Miss Anna Massey, actress, 57; Admiral Sir Julian Oswald, former First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, 61; Miss Jean Parker, actress, 82; Sir Michael Quinlan, Director, Ditchley Foundation, 64; Dame Angela Rumbold MP, joint deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, 62; Mr Thomas Taaffe, racehorse trainer, 61; The Right Rev James Thompson, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 58; Lord Varley, former government minister, 62.