Birthdays

Mr Tony Banks MP, 51; Mr Hywel Bennett, actor, 50; Mr Andrew Bowden MP, 64; General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, 70; Sir Neil Lawson, former High Court judge, 86; Mr Julian Lennon, rock musician, 31; Air Commandant Dame Alice Lowrey, former Matron-in-Chief, PMRAFNS, 89; Miss Carmen McRae, jazz singer, 72; Mrs Mary Moore, former Principal, St Hilda's College, Oxford, 64; Mr William Garth Morrison, Chief Scout, 51; Miss Virginia O'Brien, actress and singer, 73; Mr Eric Porter, actor, 66; Mr Charles Saunders, former film director, 90; Mr Ian Smith, former prime minister of Rhodesia, 75; Professor Maurice Stacey, chemist, 87; Mr Alec Stewart, cricketer, 31; Sir Thomas Thomson, chairman, Greater Glasgow Health Board, 71; Miss Dorothy Tutin, actress, 63; Mr Ian White, MEP, 49.