Birthdays

Mr Walter Allen, author and journalist, 83; The Duke of Beaufort, art dealer, 66; Mr Jermyn Brooks, chairman, Price Waterhouse Europe, 55; Mr Jim Cousins MP, 50; Lady Digby, chairman, Wessex Regional Advisory Board, 60; Lord Ezra, chairman, Associated Heat Services plc , 75; Mr Peter Fonda, actor, 54; Miss Sylvie Guillem, ballerina, 29; Miss Kathleen Harrison, actress, 102; Mr Anton Mosimann, chef, 47; Lord Tugendhat, chairman, Abbey National, 57; Mr David Ward, former President, the Law Society, 57; The Right Rev Dom Aelred Watkin, former Abbot of Glastonbury, 76.