Birthdays

Sir Clifford Boulton, Clerk of the House of Commons, 64; Mr Clive Bradley, chief executive, Publishers' Association, 60; Mr James Butler, sculptor, 63; Sir William Coats, former chairman, Coats Patons, 70; The Hon Lady Goodhart, Principal, Queen's College, London, 55; Sir Charles Gordon, former clerk of the House of Commons, 76; Sir Kenneth Macdonald, diplomat, 64; Sir David Napley, solicitor, 79; Professor William Niblett, educationist, 88; Sir Derek Palmar, Vice-President, Brewers' Society, 75; Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, archaeologist and Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, 57; Mr Brian Robson, former civil servant, 68; The Right Rev Barry Rogerson, Bishop of Bristol, 58; Miss Annie Ross, singer, 64.