Birthdays

The Duke of Edinburgh, 73; Mr Leonard Badham, former vice-chairman, J. Lyons & Co, 71; Mr William Barr, former Rector, Exeter College, Oxford, 77; Mr Saul Bellow, author, 79; The Right Rev Leslie Brown, former Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, 82; Mr Gordon Burns, television producer and presenter, 52; Mr Peter Butler MP, 43; Sir Bryan Cartledge, Principal, Linacre College, Oxford, 63; Sir Christopher Collett, former Lord Mayor of London, 63; Sir Brinsley Ford, former chairman, National Art-Collections Fund, 86; Sir Peter Gibson, a Lord Justice of Appeal, 60; Mr Graham Greene, publisher, 58; Sir William Gordon Harris, civil engineer, 82; Mr Guy Harwood, racehorse trainer, 55; Miss June Haver, film actress, 67; Sir Arthur Hawkins, former chairman, CEGB, 81; Dr Polly Hill, anthropologist, 80; Mr Lionel Jeffries, actor, 68; Mr Simon Jenkins, journalist, 51; Sir Geoffrey Otton, former senior civil servant, 67; Mr Thomas Pendry MP, 60; Mr Maurice Sendak, writer and illustrator, 66; Mr Bill Waddington, actor and comedian, 78; Maj-Gen Michael Walsh, Director of Overseas Relations, St John's Ambulance, 67.