Birthdays

Miss Elizabeth Appleby QC, 52; Mr Michael Brunson, television reporter and newscaster, 54; Dame Frances Clode, former chairman, WRVS, 91; Lord Colnbrook, former government minister, 72; Vice-Admiral Sir Kenneth Eaton, Controller of the Navy, 60; Mr George Hamilton, actor, 55; Air Marshal Sir Maurice Heath, 85; General Sir Patrick Howard-

Dobson, former president, Royal British Legion, 73; Sir Anthony Jolliffe, former Lord Mayor of London, 56; Mr Mark Knopfler, rock guitarist, 45; Mr Norris McWhirter, a founder of the Guinness Book of Records, 69; Sir Robin Nicholson, metallurgist, 60; Lord Renton QC, former government minister, 86; Mr Pete Sampras, tennis player, 23; Mr Peter West, sports commentator, 74; Professor Graham Zellick, principal, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, 46.